A Fort Worth Priest says he ended up in the hospital after a fight with Jehovah's Witnesses last week. Jehovah's Witnesses aren't saying much but neighbours say someone isn't telling the truth. The church, Saint Augustine Mexican Catholic Church, is a tiny neighbourhood church located on the 46-hundred block of Blackstone Drive.
The priest, Father John Parnell, lives in a house in the back of the church. On Tuesday, a car with three Jehovah's Witnesses pulled up to the street. Two of them knocked on Father Parnell's door. Father Parnell's 26 year old daughter answered. Mary Parnell said the Jehovah's Witnesses "talked at her" and that her father "rescued her." But a fight between the Priest and the Jehovah's Witnesses ended up in the street.
Parnell says the fight was so violent, they tore his shirt. "He grabbed it and tore it this way," Father Parnell said. He also said, they beat him until he passed out. "He sat on top of me until I passed out, completely unconscious." Now Farther Parnell says he's out of commission. "I can barely walk. I can't work. I'm going to be able to work for a couple of weeks until I can actually walk."
Harry Dwinell lives down the street from the church. But, he's a Southern Baptist. "I don't have a dog in this hunt." But he was an eyewitness to the fight. "I stood here and watched it happen." Dwinell says it was actually the priest who attacked the Jehovah's Witnesses. Dwinell said, "Rambo down there commenced to beat on them. I saw the first fist thrown. In fact, he was the only one throwing fist. He was in a fighting mode!"
Father Parnell says he's filing charges. But Fort Worth Police, who do not list him as a victim says, he very well could end up as the suspect. "You know who's going to hell. He better say that rosary a whole bunch," Dwinell said.
The Jehovah's Witnesses declined to talk but said the truth will come out in court. Father Parnell said he plans to file a civil suit.
13 comments:
As a Southern Babtist Mr Dwinell doesn't "have a dog in this hunt" , but he sure reveals he's not a totally impartial wittness with his quip about hell and the rosary. Still, I am much more inclined to believe him than the priest's own account of the events.
Me too.
I don't believe anything, any priest says.
He could barely walk, but could stand unaided for an interview?
I'm not religious and don't care for boxing, but I'd pay money to see a priest vs jehova / rabbi / othernutter fight.
My Jesus is better than your Jesus!
I'm most confused about the fact that a priest has a 26 year old daughter...
I would guess he became a father before he became a Father.
His brand of Catholisism allows them to marry. I guess it also alows liers and fighters.
Wow. I am all for ending celibacy, but this guy is something else.
and why are you for ending celibacy?
This proves it- Religion leads to war.
Peace, brothers and sisters. Peace.
DOOR-KNOCKING THIEVES, RAPISTS, and MURDERERS.
http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/jwcrime.html
EXCERPT:
In September 2009, a British newspaper reported that a Paisley, England teenaged female apartment resident was robbed of cash and jewelry by two 20s-30s males who claimed to be Jehovah's Witnesses. The JW Duo quoted Bible verses and were "knowledgable and believable on the subject of religion." While preparing tea in her kitchen for the two "JWs", one male stood talking in the doorway between the kitchen and living room, while the other male apparently rummaged for valuables in the woman's bedroom.
In September 2009, a Toledo, Ohio television station reported that two yet-to-be-apprehended unidentified adult females had committed multiple burglaries in the upscale "The Quarry" neighborhood. According to the Salisbury Quarry Home Owners Association, the two females were going door-to-door as Jehovah's Witnesses, but really were "casing" the neighborhood for not-at-homes where the front door had been left unlocked or the garage door had not been closed.
In September 2009, a Chattanooga, Tennessee homeowner reported to local police that two Jehovah's Witness Males knocked on his front door and offered him WatchTower literature. The homeowner declined the JW Duo's literature offer and told the Duo that he was "not interested". The homeowner's curiosity was aroused when he then heard three doors shut on the JWs' station wagon rather than two. The homeowner hurried outside and discovered that the JW Duo had obsconded with his WeedEater and hedge trimmer, which he had earlier left near his driveway.
In October 2009, a homeowner in the North Versailles section of Pittsburgh reported that her home was burglarized during daytime hours while the homeowner was not at home. Neighbors told police that two well-dressed African-American females had been going door-to-door through the neighborhood with WatchTower pamphlets about the same time that the home was burglarized, and that two well-dressed African-American males were specifically seen at the burglarized home.
ha ha ... you're funny
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