Maybe he'd have done better if he said he was filled with the holy spirit.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/28/2610649.htm?section=justin

Priest blames holy wine for drink-driving

An Italian priest caught driving over the alcohol limit pleaded to police that it was only because of the Holy Wine he had drunk as part of the mass, Ansa news agency reported yesterday.

Police rejected the priest's excuse and revoked his driving licence anyway.

Now the 41-year-old priest is set to appeal against the ruling, saying his alcohol consumption was not "voluntary" since it was part of the Catholic ritual in the four masses that he had celebrated during the day.

He was caught coming off the Milan-Turin motorway with a blood alcohol content of 0.8 grams - above the authorised limit in Italy of 0.5 grams.

- AFP


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Emjay
Isn't it supposed to be watered down? At least the times I have taken communion it has certainly tasted watered down!
GOF
Ohhh Snowy! my head, my head this morning....I think I celebrated TEN masses last night.
KatharineGrate
Oh, Emjay, don't cha think in Italy they might SHOOT someone for watering down the wine?
Snowy
Isn't it supposed to be watered down?

It certainly was when I was an altar boy, Emjay. I always did suspect the priest had a secret stash though...


Snowy

I think I celebrated TEN masses last night.

Serves you right, GOF. Maybe you should pray for deliverance from an evil head. I guess that entitles you to another shot, or three...


Snowy

Oh, Emjay, don't cha think in Italy they might SHOOT someone for watering down the wine?

Not only in Italy either, KG....


Flamingo Dancer
We once had a parish priest who used to drink the altar wine - and anything else he could get his hands on! Ah those were the days - drunks, pedophiles, sadistic nuns - kids just don't get childhoods like that anymore...
petermcc
.08 from only 4 services?

They must have been "high" masses.

Sorry about that. I couldn't resist.

I think you can get some of those experiences, FD. Even in advanced societies like ours. I shudder to think how the 3rd world is dealing with the problem.

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