Assault on Most Reverend Manuel A. Cruz, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark
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The Most Reverend Manuel A. Cruz, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of
Newark, was offering opening prayers at a Saturday afternoon service..
The sanctity of the mass was shattered when a man wearing a white robe
over a red suit shambled up to the altar from the crowd, reached Bishop
Cruz and struck the 63-year-old in the face, knocking him backwards until he fell on the altar.
