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Catholic Priest Accused of Dealing Coke
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by ACBert | September 12, 2008 at 01:53 pm
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Forget red cups filled with crappy beer at stinky frat houses; the real partying at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana apparently goes down at St. John's Catholic Newman Center. Police in “Chambana” busted Catholic priest Christopher Layden for cocaine possession with the intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a church. Turns out 33-year-old Layden used the rectory to deal coke, but there’s no word as to whether or not the drug-peddling priest lured in more congregation members with his little side business.
The Reverend Christopher Layden pleaded not guilty Thursday to two counts of delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a church and one count of possession with intent to deliver 1 to 15 grams of cocaine near a church.
The 33-year-old was arrested Wednesday at St. John's Catholic Newman Center after investigators found 3 grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia while searching his home and office. His bond was set at $50,000.
The Catholic Diocese of Peoria says it has suspended Layden.
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at 05:59 on September 13th, 2008
ACBert, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Where do the church find these idiots? First paedophiles, now pushers. Whoever does their recruiting should be excommunicated.
at 09:14 on September 13th, 2008
They'll just wait for it all to blow over and then reassign him to some out of the way parish someplace, like maybe up in Alaska ...