After being robbed during livestream of worship service, NYC bishop says, 'I think all pastors should be able to get permits for pistols'

A New York City clergyman says that pastors should be allowed to carry guns after he and his wife were robbed at gunpoint during a livestreamed church service Sunday, when thieves reportedly stole more than $400,000 in jewelry.

Bishop Lamor Whitehead was delivering a sermon at the Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries church in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn when three armed men burst into the church around 11:15 a.m., NBC News reported.

The thieves "displayed firearms and demanded property" from the 44-year-old bishop and his wife, 38, police said.