A 25-year-old Edmonton has been charged with a hate crime after a suspect disrupted Mass at Santa Maria Goretti in front of the congregation, and briefly posted an obscenity-laden video online.
The suspect is charged with mischief to religious property – a hate crime under the Criminal Code – and mischief. Police have also banned him from Santa Maria Goretti parish, the heart of the city’s Italian Catholic community, and he will be banned from all Archdiocese of Edmonton property.
Edmonton police and the Archdiocese of Edmonton are not naming the suspect.