The 83-year-old priest of Zignago, northern Italy, had to be taken to hospital on Sunday with burns to his mouth and digestive tract after receiving Communion from the chalice, reports Repubblica.it (December 2).
The priest began to scream and felt as if there was fire in his throat. The Eucharist was interrupted and the priest was taken to the emergency room.
It turned out that there was not wine, but acid in the chalice.
The police are investigating whether this was an accident or deliberate. It could be that the bottles had been switched, that an acid had been used to clean the chalice, or that a corrosive substance had been used in the small bottle containing the wine.
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