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A priest causes a real scandal in the Italian region of Abbruzzo.
(Collage of symbolic images from the region) © Collage: IMAGO / Pond5 Images // IMAGO / Wirestock
The Catholic Church in Italy is currently experiencing bitter hours.
This is due to a priest's car accident - under the influence of drugs.
Sulmona – A priest in Italy is currently causing great embarrassment to the Catholic Church.
He apparently caused a traffic accident while under the influence of drugs.
It shouldn't be the scandalous priest's first offense.
The current incident occurred on Sunday evening (March 10).
The focus is on Don Daniel, 50 years old and originally from Colombia.
He is parish priest of Rivisondoli and the Badia di Sulmona in Abruzzo, Italy.
After dinner with a colleague in Pratola, he is said to have driven his Toyota into the guardrail on a four-lane road in Sulmona while driving towards Rivisondoli.
According to a report in the Italian newspaper
Il Messaggero,
it was a “serious accident”.
The priest's car was partially destroyed.
The priest himself suffered a head injury.
This had to be sewn with several stitches in the Sulmona hospital.
Italy's church in embarrassment: scandalous priest causes accident under the influence of drugs
A drug test was also routinely carried out in the hospital, the report continues.
Large amounts of cocaine were found in the priest's blood.
More than a thousand units were found in the blood.
That is more than three times the value of 300, below which a test is negative.
The local traffic police intervened directly and revoked the priest's driver's license and reported him to the public prosecutor's office for driving under the influence of narcotics.
The embarrassment around the church is noticeable, the Italian newspaper reports.
The Bishop of Sulmona-Valva has so far refused to comment and has gathered his advisory council to decide on appropriate measures.
This is probably also because it was not the first sensitive incident involving Don Daniel.
Scandal pastor in Italy “disappeared into thin air”: Church extremely reserved
According to the report, the priest was involved in a similar traffic accident a few months ago.
At that time he left his car at the scene of the accident.
He later explained his disappearance by saying that he urgently had to hold a mass.
In addition, according to today.it
, the priest was
accused of stealing money from the offerings.
However, there have been no complaints to the police about this.
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According to local media reports, the priest then “disappeared into thin air,” as the portal further reports.
He said his residence was a mailbox in the post office in Pescocostanzo, a town near where Don Daniel had previously been a priest.
According to
Messaggero,
calls to the parish are currently not being answered.
According to the media, the news caused consternation in his current parish and in the parish of Pescocostanzo, where Don Daniel had been pastor until a few months ago.
According to the report, the diocese only released a short statement: “The bishop and the priests of the diocese of Sulmona-Valva apologize for the accident that happened to Don Daniel, are close to him and accompany him.
They are praying for him at this special moment, expressing their commitment to the parish and following the situation closely.”
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