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(OSV News) — An Illinois man accused of murdering a Palestinian boy and stabbing his mother because they were Muslim is a member of a local Catholic parish.
Joseph Czuba of Plainfield, Illinois, has been charged with killing 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and injuring the child’s mother, 32-year-old Hanaan Shahin, in an Oct. 14 knife attack.
In an email to OSV News, the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, said it had confirmed Czuba and his wife are members of St. Mary Immaculate Parish in Plainfield.
St. Mary Immaculate’s pastor, Father Pat Mulcahy, told OSV News by email that “our hearts are absolutely broken, and ache for the family and all those affected.”
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Joseph Czuba of Plainfield, Illinois, has been charged with killing 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and injuring the child’s mother, 32-year-old Hanaan Shahin, in an Oct. 14 knife attack.
In an email to OSV News, the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, said it had confirmed Czuba and his wife are members of St. Mary Immaculate Parish in Plainfield.
St. Mary Immaculate’s pastor, Father Pat Mulcahy, told OSV News by email that “our hearts are absolutely broken, and ache for the family and all those affected.”
Czuba is the landlord of the victims
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Catholic man killed Palestinian boy and wounded mother in Illinois
Joseph Czuba of Plainfield, Illinois, has been charged with killing 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and injuring the child's mother, 32-year-old Hanaan Shahin, in an Oct. 14 knife attack.
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