Phony priest runs up supermarket tab

7 12 2007

[Yahoo News]

When a man dressed in black and wearing crosses said to charge his groceries to St. Rocco’s Roman Catholic Church, clerks at a West Pittston store obliged.  St. Rocco’s has a tab at the Gerritys Supermarket. And Officer Joe Campbell says the man “played the part,” with his black clothing and a white strip of cardboard around his neck.

But his grocery orders began to stray from the necessities. Energy drinks and cigarettes crept in, and store officials became suspicious.

Read about it here.

[From me]

Sounds like a SNL skit. :)

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4 responses

7 12 2007
Greg Allen

Life is a job. You get $14.50 a day, but after you die, you have to pay for your sins. Stealing a hub cap is around $100…

8 12 2007
Bob Cleveland

FATHER GUIDO!

I’ve been so worried….

8 12 2007
Bro. Rick

I think I mentioned Fr. Guido in my sermon on “Reformation Sunday!” ;-)

8 12 2007
Francoise

This is the sort of larrikin adored by Aussies- cheeky, ireverent, and getting away with it. Over here, he’d be canonised by now- pardon the pun.

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