Normandy church reopens after priest killed in ISIS attack
SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY- A Normandy church where Islamic extremists slit a priest's throat and used nuns as human shields is reopening to parishioners for the first time since the gruesome attack.
A procession is planned Sunday through the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray to the Catholic church where two 19-year-old radicals killed 85-year-old priest Jacques Hamel on July 26 and took elderly parishioners hostage. The attackers were later killed by police.
A special ceremony will be held to restore the sacred nature of the church, followed by a Mass led by the archbishop of Rouen.
