We send our heartfelt prayers and hopes for healing to Bishop Monroe.
We are deeply grateful to members of the community for their expressions of understanding and forgiveness.
Our family is together in our love and support for John.
The city s Catholic community is praying for Bishop David Monroe s recovery along with the soul of the man accused of attacking him, the vicar general of the Diocese of Kamloops said Tuesday. We re just going to take it one day at a time, listen to the doctors and see where it goes, said Msgr. Jerry Desmond.
Monroe, 69, continues to rest and heal in Royal Inland Hospital following a vicious attack inside the rectory of Sacred Heart Cathedral on Friday night.
Bishop David Monroe has been discharged from RIH seven weeks after he was brutally attacked by an emotionally disturbed assailant.
The bishop of the Kamloops Diocese will continue his recovery in the community, a statement from his family said Thursday. Thank God for this early Christmas gift, they wrote.
Monroe was attacked at the door to the Sacred Heart rectory Oct. 22 by John Bandura. Bandura is charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and mischief for the assault.
The bishop s family thanked those involved with his care during his recovery in hospital and the community for its prayers and support.