Pastor Luke Walford dies in shark attack on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

The youth pastor was spearfishing with his family off an island at the time of the attack.

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Luke Walford, a youth pastor, had been spearfishing with his family when he was bitten on Saturday afternoon.

He sustained "life-threatening injuries" and despite paramedics' efforts, he died at the scene about an hour later, authorities said.

He and his family had been in the water at Humpy Island, in the Great Barrier Reef's Keppel Bay Islands National Park, when the attack happened. The area is a popular spot for diving and snorkelling.

Walford had been a school chaplain and pastor at the Cathedral of Praise church in Rockhampton, Queensland.

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