{"id":5080,"date":"2006-01-27T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2006-01-27T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/sorry-for-continued-weirdness.html"},"modified":"2006-01-27T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2006-01-27T14:13:37","slug":"sorry-for-continued-weirdness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/sorry-for-continued-weirdness.html","title":{"rendered":"Sorry for continued weirdness"},"content":{"rendered":"

But this one beats the destroyed rectory story:<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Franciscan priest famous in Italy for the religious conversion of a leading porn star was in custody last night on charges of sexual harassment after a nun alleged that she was forced to take part in orgies at his monastery.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Fr Francesco Bisceglia, 68, and his deputy Antonio Gaudio, 39, were arrested yesterday after the unnamed sister made a police complaint against them.<\/p>\n

Italian police also seized copies of videotapes allegedly filmed inside a Franciscan community centre at Cosenza in Calabria.<\/p>\n

According to the Italian media, police had been tapping Fr Bisceglia’s telephone for several weeks prior to the arrest and there were also other witnesses who may testify against him.<\/p>\n

"I feel persecuted like Jesus," the priest, known in Italy as Fr Fidele, said on his arrest. "It is all evidence fabricated against me. She [the nun] is mad."<\/p>\n

The nun, who the Italian newspaper La Repubblica said had passed psychiatric tests, also claimed that she was filmed being<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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