By Michel Euler and Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press
The archbishop of Rouen, leading Tuesday's solemn funeral Mass for an
elderly priest slain a week ago by two extremists, said the Rev. Jacques
Hamel tried to push away his attackers with his feet, saying "go away,
Satan," remarks that underscored the horror of the murder at the altar
that touched a chord throughout France.
Hundreds of priests and bishops filled the sumptuous Rouen cathedral
along with many hundreds more people, including Muslims who have joined
in the grieving since the murder of the 85-year-old priest, slashed by
his attackers while celebrating morning Mass.
Hamel's grisly murder sent shockwaves that went beyond his humble work
as a small-town parish priest, touching other faiths and all of France.
It came less than two weeks after 84 people were killed in an attack by a
hurtling truck in Nice on a crowd of Bastille Day revelers.
"Evil is a mystery. It reaches heights of horror that take us out of the
human," Archbishop Dominique Lebrun said during the two-hour Mass.
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