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| Man charged over attack on priest | Man charged over attack on priest |
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| A 19-year-old man has been charged over a faith-hate attack on a clergyman in the grounds of his east London church. | A 19-year-old man has been charged over a faith-hate attack on a clergyman in the grounds of his east London church. |
| Canon Michael Ainsworth, 57, suffered cuts, bruises and two black eyes after confronting a gang outside St George-in-the-East Church, Shadwell. | Canon Michael Ainsworth, 57, suffered cuts, bruises and two black eyes after confronting a gang outside St George-in-the-East Church, Shadwell. |
| Police are treating the attack as a faith-hate crime because of the type of abuse shouted at the priest on 5 March. | Police are treating the attack as a faith-hate crime because of the type of abuse shouted at the priest on 5 March. |
| Babul Islam, of Barnardo Street, Whitechapel is charged with religiously aggravated actual bodily harm. | Babul Islam, of Barnardo Street, Whitechapel is charged with religiously aggravated actual bodily harm. |
| He will appear at Thames Magistrates' Court. |