Falling crucifix kills Ecuador priest during livestreamed church service

A Catholic priest was killed after a crucifix fell on him during a livestreamed mass in Ecuador, church officials said.

Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari died on Saturday at the Church of Perpetual Relief in Guayaquil, a coastal city about 265km southwest of the capital, Quito, the Archdiocese of Guayaquil said. He was the parish priest at the church.