Before the celebration of mass in the church of San Nicola di Pannaconi, a hamlet of Cessaniti, in the Vibonese area, celebrated by Don Felice Battaglia, someone poured bleach into the water and wine cruets .
This was discovered by the parish priest himself , victim of other intimidations in recent days, after having consecrated water and wine in celebrating the Eucharist.
The moment he brought the chalice to his mouth, the priest smelled a strange odor which led him not to drink either the wine or the water . Don Felice then discovered, through analyzes carried out in a laboratory, that bleach had been poured into the two vials.
The priest reported the incident to the police, who started investigations to identify those responsible.
(Unioneonline/vl)