July 14, 2024

Boston Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley calls for prayers, end to violence after shooting at Trump rally

REGIONAL
Staff report

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by security personnel after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. (OSV News photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)

BOSTON – Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley called for prayers after an alleged assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., Saturday July 13. In a statement, Trump said a bullet grazed his ear, and blood was visible as Secret Service agents surrounded him. An attendee was also killed. A Secret Service sniper killed the shooter, now identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

 Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley’s statement on shooting on Trump Rally:

“Our nation has once again witnessed another deadly and tragic shooting today. We join in prayer for the recovery of former President Trump who was injured today. We also pray for the families of those killed and the injured. We give thanks for the secret service and first responders who acted so quickly. As a nation, we must come to grips with the incessant violence that has too often become the norm. It must stop. We must find peaceful ways to resolve our differences and avoid all political violence of any kind. May the Lord bless our country and all who seek a just and peaceful society.”