August 05, 2005

Priest used lurid advances ‘to put men on the right path’

CYPRUS
Cyprus Mail

By Leo Leonidou

A PRIEST has landed himself in hot water after allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards young men, in which he allegedly expressed his willingness to provide them with any sexual services they wanted.

According to Phileleftheros, the propositioning would be expressed through phone calls and text messages in which the priest would go into sordid sexual details.

When asked why he had behaved in this manner, the priest apparently told the newspaper, “I did it with the aim of bringing the men closer to the Church.”

Posted by kshaw at August 5, 2005 08:11 AM