A priest is asking for prayers for a man who assaulted him earlier this week during a Washington church service.

A Washington state priest whose assault was captured on a church livestream during a service devoted to healing said he did not know his attacker and had never seen him before. The Rev. David Gaines of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane said Thursday that the attacker was brought to the service by people who had taken him off the street and believed he could “find some healing from whatever he’s struggling with.