Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Oktoba na 1979, bayan da ya yi murabus, wani mai kai hari da wuka ya kai hari kuma ya yanke Bell sau da yawa yayin da yake aiki a cikin majami'ar majami'ar, wanda yake a cikin gida biyu a arewacin
babban birnin jihar. An soke shi sau biyu kafin sakatarensa, Jean Tamaki, ya sami William Luthin yana kai wa bishop hari da wuka mai kama da wuka. Tamaki ya sami damar janye Luthin daga rigarsa saboda mai harin yana da "matsakaici ko ƙarami". Bell yana cikin ofishinsa yana shirin tafiya don ganin Paparoma John Paul II a Chicago, Illinois. Luthin ya mika kansa a asibiti kuma an same shi ba shi da laifi saboda rashin hankali. 'Yan sanda sun kama Luthin a matsayin wanda ake zargi saboda ya gaya wa ma'aikatan jinya, "Ku kira wani. Na soke wani firist". An sami wuka a kan gado mai matasai tare da rasit na sayarwa daga wani shagon da ke kusa. An tsare Bell a asibitin Mercy General Hospital da dare tare da raunin hannu da haƙarƙari. Luthin ya ga bishop ɗin da wuri a ranar kuma ya yi gunaguni cewa an kore shi. An soke tafiyar bishop don ganawa da Paparoma.