Diocese: Delaware priest beaten, doused with wine out of ICU
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The elderly Catholic priest who was assaulted and doused in wine inside his church is out of the intensive care unit.
News outlets report the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington released a statement Wednesday updating Rev. William Graney's condition.
New Castle County police have charged 25-year-old Joshua August with assault after a worker at Resurrection Parish said she saw him punch, kick and beat Graney with the wine bottle Monday. He is also accused of spraying compressed air into Graney's mouth.
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Bishop W. Francis Malooly's statement says Graney had been trying to help the "troubled, homeless man" for a while. Court documents say August became upset over "weed that he wanted back" and "wanted to kill" Graney.
A member of August's family previously told The Associated Press they had no comment.