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	Priest Accused of Stalking Talk Show Host O'Brien Remembered As Kind and Caring Associated Press, carried in International Herald Tribune November 8, 2007 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/08/arts/NA-A-E-CEL-US-Conan-OBrien.php BOSTON: The priest accused of stalking late night talk show host Conan O'Brien was kind and caring, nothing like the obsessed man who allegedly told O'Brien he was "tracking him through space and time," his seminary mentor said Thursday. The Rev. John Mark Hannon said he believes the Rev. David Ajemian can still be a good priest if he receives proper psychiatric help. "He was a good seminarian. He was kind and generous and affable and concerned how people were," said Hannon, who mentored O'Brien before he graduated from St. John's Seminary in the Archdiocese of Boston in 2001 "He's very likable," Hannon added, "it's just he's stupid, apparently." Ajemian was arrested Nov. 2 while trying to enter a taping of O'Brien's show, despite being warned to stay away by NBC security personnel. He was arraigned on charges including stalking and aggravated harassment and ordered held for psychiatric evaluation. Ajemian, 46, was scheduled to appear in court Friday for an update on the case, said Jennifer Kushner, spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. His attorney, Eric Seiff, said Ajemian was being held at Riker's Island, but declined further comment other than: "It will be worked out in court." Ajemian, who allegedly began writing O'Brien in September 2006, has been placed on leave by the Boston Archdiocese. He was removed in June from his last posting, at St. Patrick Parish in Stoneham, Massachusetts, after just two years at the parish. A spokesman at the archdiocese did not respond to questions about whether the move was related to the stalking allegations. NBC said Conan O'Brien would not comment on Ajemian.
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