Father Jamie McMorrin's attacker Jason Irvine, 31, was charged with two counts of assault in Edinburgh Sheriff Court today. He attacked the priest (above), 35, during his morning prayers
A bottle-wielding man who attacked an Edinburgh priest on Monday has been charged with two counts of assault.
Jason Irvine, 31, assaulted Father Jamie McMorrin, 35, during his morning prayers at 9.35am on Monday at St Mary's Cathedral.
Irvine, of no fixed abode, appeared in Edinburgh Sheriff Court this afternoon at a petition hearing where he entered no plea.
He is currently being held in custody and his next hearing is in eight days.
Father Jamie McMorrin, 35, was assaulted during his morning prayers at 9.35am on Monday at St Mary's Cathedral.
Irvine is believed to have asked Fr McMorrin if he was a priest and swung a bottle at him when he replied yes.
The Leaders of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh released a statement regarding the assault. The organisation said: 'A priest sitting alone praying in a pew was subject to a violent and unprovoked assault by a man carrying a glass bottle.
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