He recognized there was a pattern on the altar cloth -- left in blood by what was the weapon that stabbed her, which was a letter opener.

He has to back out of the way to keep from being stabbed in his chest, I don't think it's too much force.

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: / And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar: / And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: / And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.

The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next

We're going to see a lot of drama unfold in court and I really don't know what they have up their sleeve. There's going to be something new every day according to my sources.

Here you have, as far as we can tell, the first time a priest is being arrested for the murder of a nun. People are following this case around the world...wondering how it's going to turn out. Whatever the jury decides, it's going to be a fascinating story.