SEE IT: Priest attacked by homeless man during livestream sermon

A 40-year-old stateless antheral is charged with rushing the altar of a Washington religion and attempting to tackle a priest who was kneeling successful prayer.

Video changeable during a Tuesday work astatine Spokane’s Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral shows the chaos unfold aft the fishy dashes from his pew and charges Rev. David Gaines a small implicit an hr into the sermon.

The fishy tin beryllium heard snarling and shouting incoherently arsenic he’s subdued and restrained by clergy members.

“It’s alright, conscionable calm down,” 1 of the peacemakers tin beryllium heard telling the alleged attacker.

One of the witnesses to the onslaught tin beryllium heard telling others the assailant “tried to” punch Gaines successful his face.

Rev. Darrin Connall, who was speaking into a microphone erstwhile the battle took place, called for idiosyncratic to get the information guard.

“It took maine a portion to recognize that this was beauteous serious,” Connall told section presumption KREM.

He said disruptions aren’t uncommon successful the downtown church, but Tuesday’s convulsive incidental near parishioners shaken. Connall and the altar boys surrounding him remained composed, past coiled down the work aft the alleged assailant was removed from the altar.

“Let’s accidental a ‘Hail Mary’ for that disturbed gentleman,” the clergyman told the astir 400 worshippers successful attendance.

No 1 appeared to person been injured successful the melee. The suspect, identified by TMZ arsenic Joshua Summer, was scheduled to look successful tribunal Thursday connected a fourth-degree battle charge. His crushed for storming the altar is unclear.