Prime Minister Kenny Anthony condemned the attack as sick and demonic, and vowed to punish those responsible. Police spokesman Albert Fregis said St Lucia's Rastafarian leaders had also denounced the attack. They were spraying people with kerosene, and then torching them. But I then felt a terrible force on the side of my head and also fell and could not move. It was Satanic, and a totally new departure.
People here are very angry.
The priest, the Reverend Charles Gaillard, is said to be critically ill with burns. Reports say the two suspects told police they were prophets sent by Haile Selassie, the late Ethiopian emperor worshipped as a god by Rastafarians. There are conflicting reports from St Lucia as to whether the men belonged to an anti-Christian organisation. Lined up Some church officials have been quoted as saying anti-Christian symbols were posted on the doors of Cathedral of Immaculate Conception and other churches last week. More than 400 were in the cathedral at the time of the attack.