Mum stabbed walking home to family after midnight mass at Elizabeth Bay A woman was stabbed outside the Catholic Parish St. Canice Church on Roslyn St Elizabeth Bay on Christmas Eve. A MOTHER spent Christmas Day in hospital with stab wounds to her stomach, after allegedly being attacked and robbed as she left a midnight church service to walk home to her family. Karla Quinn, 44, was allegedly set upon and knocked to the ground outside St Canice's Catholic Church in Elizabeth Bay, about midnight yesterday. Ms Quinn, who had adult children waiting for her at home, had attended a carols service at the church, and just stepped outside onto Roslyn St, when she was allegedly lunged at. Police allege David MacIndoe, 38, stabbed Ms Quinn multiple times in the abdomen, then robbed her of the small change in her wallet, before fleeing the scene. A number of witnesses in an apartment block overlooking the church witnessed the alleged attack, police said. The priest talks to worshippers inside the church after Ms Quinn was stabbed. Ms Quinn was taken to St Vincent's Hosptial in a serious but stable condition, and remained there yesterday recovering from her injuries and ordeal. MacIndoe was charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and refused bail in Parramatta Local Court. At Christmas Day morning mass, parish priest Fr Chris Jenkins asked parishioners to spare a thought for the woman who was suffering physically and emotionally. "Christmas can bring out the best and the worst in people," Fr Jenkins said. We had a woman attacked right here out the front of our church. Priest Chris Jenkins talks to worshippers outside the church where Ms Quinn was stabbed. Fr Jenkins said the woman, whom he did not recognise as a regular parishioner at the church, had attended a pre-mass carols service, and was on her way home, when she was randomly stabbed and robbed. I had just started the mass when I heard these shrieks for help. It was a pretty loud, desperate sound from the poor woman ... a few people ran outside to help her," Fr Jenkins said. Police said several witnesses to the attack followed the alleged suspect to a unit block in Ward Ave at Potts Point. Detectives arrested the man soon after midnight, and took him to Kings Cross Police station where he was charged. A hospital spokesman said the woman was in a stable condition last night. MacIndoe will face Central Local Court on January 7.