{"id":1541,"date":"2007-06-06T12:55:38","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/update.html"},"modified":"2007-06-06T12:55:38","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T12:55:38","slug":"update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/update.html","title":{"rendered":"Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the jumper:<\/a><\/p>\n

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A 27-year-old German man was forced to undergo immediate psychiatric treatment June 6 after he jumped over a barrier in St. Peter’s Square and reached the back of the open jeep in which Pope Benedict XVI was riding. <\/p>\n

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, refused to release the man’s name but said he was in a Rome psychiatric facility by 2:30 p.m., about four hours after being tackled to the ground by Vatican police. <\/p>\n

The man was first taken to the Vatican police station and questioned by Gianluigi Marrone, a Vatican judge, Father Lombardi said. <\/p>\n

"The young man’s intention was not to make an attempt on the life of the pope, but to carry out a demonstrative act to attract attention to himself," Father Lombardi said. <\/p>\n

Because the young man was "showing clear signs of mental imbalance, psychiatric doctors from the Vatican health service were called, and they arranged hospitalization for obligatory treatment in a protected, specialized health facility," the spokesman said. <\/p>\n

"The case is, therefore, considered closed," Father Lombardi said. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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