{
  "id": 2344770,
  "title": "S'porean man, 37, who stabbed priest at St Joseph's Church during mass gets 4 years & 3 months' jail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/sporean-man-37-who-stabbed-priest-at-st-josephs-church-during-mass",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T09:18:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/man-stab-priest-plead-guilty/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 37-year-old Singaporean man, identified as Lee, has been sentenced to four years and three months in jail, along with nine strokes of the cane, for stabbing a Catholic priest during mass at St Joseph's Church in November 2024. The knife used in the attack measured 23cm in length with a 10cm blade. Lee grabbed the priest's rear pocket to prevent further harm, and members of the congregation, including an off-duty police officer, restrained him before the police arrived. The priest suffered an 8cm laceration on his tongue, a 3cm cut on his upper lip, and a 4cm cut in the corner of his mouth. Lee previously served one year in prison in 2019 for stabbing his ex-girlfriend with a knife, and has a history of offenses including serious hurt and misuse of drugs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}