Man Charged in Archbishop Attack

A man accused of trying to handcuff Roman Catholic Archbishop Edward Egan during a service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City explained at his arraignment that he wanted to arrest Egan to publicize his view that Jesus never existed. Timothy Byrne, 38, of Hoboken, N.J., whom his family said suffers from mental illness, was arraigned on three misdemeanor charges and ordered held for a psychiatric examination. Byrne was arrested after he tried to grab Egan and snap a handcuff on his wrist while the archbishop was administering Communion.