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Originally from Venezuela, he’s lived in the neighborhood with his family for a decade and often serves as a sacristan and altar server.

The Interior Ministry said the man killed in the attack was a sacristan, an individual who prepares Mass, at Nuestra Señora de La Palma, while a priest was wounded earlier at another church.

A sacristan who was closing the cathedral for the night discovered the theft of the reliquary, which encased a vial holding a few drops of blood.

They entered the church by the sanctuary door, startling the sacristan who slept and ate in a small room off the entrance porch.

The church says Ishak served as a sacristan, opening and closing the church, as well as a subdeacon, assisting at services.