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A Righteous Catholic Priest

I know, I know the title to this post seems, well, incongruent, but give me a moment to explain. Here’s the headline that caught my eye, “Police arrest priest in Norton drug raid." The headline is promptly followed by this secondary headline. "Pastor charged with cultivating marijuana at rectory. Second man accused of trafficking; 35 plants seized." Which, somewhat confused me, because now the priest is labeled a pastor, but, I figured the newsroom edit guys were just confused as to the correct terminology to employ in typesetting this tale.

But what really interested me about this story are two small details. First, the name of the church. The church, attached to The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, is named the Prince of Peace Catholic Church. Can I get a loud amen for that? How apropos is that, considering the allegations?

Second, this statement, ” ‘I can’t believe he would do anything that God wouldn’t want him to do,’’ said Anne Goch.’ “ You said it Anne. It’s only the cops and the state who don’t want the father propagating his message of peace via the lovely cannabis plant.

Bless me father for I have sinned, and can I get a dime bag as my penance?

Via The Obscure Store.

Posted by on 01/25 at 07:27 AM