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dalton99a

(96,348 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:00 PM 3 hrs ago

Pastor stabbed by server at downtown Austin restaurant

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/pastor-stabbed-by-server-at-downtown-austin-restaurant/ar-AA26UvOS

Pastor stabbed by server at downtown Austin restaurant
Story by Donny Wong

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The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Edward Koubek, has been charged with second-degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The victim has been identified as Jairo Sandoval-Pliego, a pastor at San Jose Catholic Church in Austin.

The incident happened at around 10:30 p.m. on June 27 at Bob's Steak and Chop House located at 301 Lavaca Street.

Sandoval-Pliego told police that Koubek used to go to church to pray but that he had not seen Koubek for several months. He said he and Koubek had a polite conversation and that Koubek attacked him unprovoked.

Koubek told police he would go to confession occasionally and that he believed Sandoval-Pliego "would snicker" after he gave confession.

When he saw Sandoval-Pliego at dinner, Koubek said it upset him as "he is still holding a grudge" against Sandoval-Pliego.

When asked what his intention was, police say Koubek said, "in the moment, to kill him."

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Terrible customer service by priest at church and terrible customer service by server at restaurant
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Pastor stabbed by server at downtown Austin restaurant (Original Post) dalton99a 3 hrs ago OP
My earlier assessment of this article was wrong MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #1
Why do you assume the attacker was tetlling the truth? niyad 53 min ago #5
My bad MustLoveBeagles 46 min ago #8
Perhaps you could edit your comment, then? niyad 41 min ago #11
Done 👍 MustLoveBeagles 35 min ago #12
How was the priest unprofessional? TexLaProgressive 50 min ago #6
He wasn't MustLoveBeagles 43 min ago #9
The attacker sounds like he's suffering from paranoid delusions. harumph 2 hrs ago #2
Too much knife play down here in Texas. Melon 2 hrs ago #3
Small quibble angrychair 54 min ago #4
Please google "parish priest pastor". niyad 50 min ago #7
Why do you believe the attacker? niyad 42 min ago #10

MustLoveBeagles

(18,412 posts)
8. My bad
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 09:56 PM
46 min ago

I skimmed the article the first time and something got lost in the translation. I read it again more carefully and the server is clearly mentally ill.

MustLoveBeagles

(18,412 posts)
9. He wasn't
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 09:59 PM
43 min ago

I had a misreading of the article the first time I read it. My earlier assessment was wrong.

harumph

(3,541 posts)
2. The attacker sounds like he's suffering from paranoid delusions.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 08:04 PM
2 hrs ago

I mean this is classic:

"Koubek told police he would go to confession occasionally and that he believed Sandoval-Pliego "would snicker" after he gave confession.

When he saw Sandoval-Pliego at dinner, Koubek said it upset him as "he is still holding a grudge" against Sandoval-Pliego.

When asked what his intention was, police say Koubek said, "in the moment, to kill him."

angrychair

(12,553 posts)
4. Small quibble
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 09:48 PM
54 min ago

But the article refers to Jairo Sandoval-Pliego as a "pastor" of a Catholic Church which is either lazy reporting/editing or the story doesn't have in its facts straight.

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