An elderly woman was assaulted while waiting to enter a church in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday morning.
The 72-year-old woman entered St. Cecilia Cathedral just before Mass on Sunday.
Surveillance video showed two men run up behind the woman. One grabs her purse and runs off, and the other punches her in the side of the face.
The woman was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.
The victim asks that people pray for the two suspects and to stop further incidents from happening to someone else.
The suspects remain at large.
“”Clearly it was an intentional blow,” Father Michael Gutgsell said. “And to take advantage of an elderly lady is not exactly bravery. So you can’t think very highly of what was done.”