CLEVE DEACON ATTACKED 

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, A CLEVELAND RELIGIOUS LEADER WAS ATTACKED AND INJURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTORE PEACE.
A LOCAL DEACON IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER POLICE SAY HE WAS ATTACKED WHILE TRYING TO BREAK UP A DISPUTE AT HIS CHURCH. CLEVELAND POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE GREATER CLEVELAND ABYSSINIA BAPTIST CHURCH ON SUNDAY. THAT'S WHERE THEY FOUND THE LONGTIME DEACON, 77-YEAR-OLD RON KISNER, SERIOUSLY HURT. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE INTERVENED IN THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH WHEN THE MAN ATTACKED HIM, THEN TOOK OFF. FAMILY MEMBERS PROVIDED PHOTOS OF KISNER IN THE HOSPITAL. THE INJURIES ARE SEVERE.