{"id":850,"date":"2008-08-05T16:48:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T16:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/08\/man-who-stormed-popemobile-sen.php"},"modified":"2008-08-05T16:48:50","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T16:48:50","slug":"man-who-stormed-popemobile-sen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/08\/man-who-stormed-popemobile-sen","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Stormed Popemobile Sentenced to Probation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Francis X. Rocca<br \/>\nReligion News Service<\/strong><br \/>\nVatican City &#8211; A German court has ordered four years&#8217; probation, psychotherapy and medication for a 28-year-old man who last year jumped a barricade and briefly touched a vehicle carrying Pope Benedict XVI.<br \/>\nThe German man, whose identity was not released, was also ordered &#8220;categorically&#8221; to abstain from alcohol and drug consumption &#8212; monitored and verified by urine tests, The Associated Press reported.<br \/>\nIn June 2007, the man was one of an estimated 40,000 people gathered for a papal audience in St. Peter&#8217;s Square.<br \/>\nAs Benedict rode past him in the open-topped white vehicle known as the &#8220;popemobile,&#8221; the man jumped a wooden barrier holding back spectators and tried to mount the car. He managed to touch the popemobile briefly before bodyguards wrestled him to the ground.<br \/>\nAt the time, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, referred to the man&#8217;s &#8220;clear signs of mental imbalance&#8221; and said that the case was &#8220;to be considered closed.&#8221;<br \/>\nYet the incident revived concerns about security measures taken to protect the pope in the years since Mehmet Ali Agca shot and gravely wounded John Paul II in St. Peter&#8217;s Square on May 13, 1981.<br \/>\nThe open-topped SUV used for such papal appearances is one of three vehicles interchangeably known as the &#8220;popemobile.&#8221;<br \/>\nOutside Vatican territory, the pope normally rides in one of two Mercedes-Benz ML430 off-road vehicles, which are fitted with raised tops made of bullet-proof plastic.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2008 Religion News Service.  All rights reserved.  No part of this transmission may be distributed or reproduced without written permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service Vatican City &#8211; A German court has ordered four years&#8217; probation, psychotherapy and medication for a 28-year-old man who last year jumped a barricade and briefly touched a vehicle carrying Pope Benedict XVI. 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