LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Kentucky priest known for doing good deeds around the world was robbed in Arizona.

Rev. Jim Sichko was in Chandler, near Phoenix, when he said he was followed from a bank to a grocery store. He posted on Twitter the suspects smashed a window, took his bag and ran.

Sichko was not hurt in the robbery.

He was speaking at an Arizona church but has since returned to Kentucky.

Sichko used to serve at a church in Richmond, Kentucky, until he was named a "Papal Missionary" by the Vatican. His orders, from the pope, are to bring mercy, kindness, happiness and positivity.

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