{"id":2049,"date":"2007-11-07T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/11\/priest-charged-with-stalking-conan-obrien.html"},"modified":"2007-11-07T22:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T22:55:00","slug":"priest-charged-with-stalking-conan-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/11\/priest-charged-with-stalking-conan-obrien.html","title":{"rendered":"Priest charged with stalking Conan O’Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of television’s most famous Irish Catholics has been getting some unwanted attention from a member of the clergy, according to the AP<\/a>: <\/p>\n

<\/a>A priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead, contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“I want a public confession before I ever consider giving you absolution \u2014 or a spot on your couch,” wrote David Ajemian, who signed the notes “Padre,” said Barbara Thompson, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney’s office.<\/p>\n

Ajemian was arrested last week while trying to enter a taping session of NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, near where other NBC shows are taped and the famous Christmas tree is put up, Thompson said.<\/p>\n

Court papers say Ajemian referred to himself as “your priest stalker” in one note and complained of not being allowed in to see an earlier taping of the O’Brien show.<\/p>\n

“Is this the way you treat your most dangerous fans?” the note said.<\/p>\n

The letters and e-mails, which started coming in September 2006, continued even after Ajemian was asked to stop and were “intended to cause annoyance and alarm,” Thompson said. The priest could face up to a year in prison if convicted on charges of aggravated harassment and stalking.<\/p>\n

Ajemian also has been in contact with O’Brien’s parents, Thompson said.<\/p>\n

The Archdiocese of Boston said in a statement that Ajemian had been placed on leave and was no longer allowed to minister publicly. O’Brien, a native of the Boston suburb of Brookline, Mass., has participated in fundraising activities for the archdiocese.<\/p>\n

An NBC spokesman says O’Brien is not commenting on the incident.<\/p>\n

A telephone message left Wednesday night at St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena Church in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, which Ajemian gave as his address, was not immediately returned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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