Jose Feliciano, the former Chatham church janitor accused of fatally stabbing a priest two years ago, grew angry during intense cross-examination on Tuesday by Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi, reported The Star-Ledger.
The prosecutor repeatedly pressed the defendant about discrepancies between statements he made shortly after the killing of the Rev. Edward Hinds and his testimony in Superior Court in Morristown.
“Don’t change my story, please,” Feliciano said, his eyes widening in anger during the scathing cross-examination.
Father Hinds was stabbed 44 times in the rectory of St. Patrick Church, according to authorities. Jose Feliciano testified this week that the priest coerced him into sexual acts by threatening to reveal his criminal record. The former janitor told the jury on Monday that “he just went crazy” with a steak knife when the priest fired him just five months shy of retirement, the paper reported.
