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2006-12-10 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Bogus priest held in bathtub scam

VIENNA, Dec 6 - A bogus priest and his girlfriend tricked an Austrian pensioner out of $200 after promising him a naked bathtub session with the woman. "The bogus priest and his girlfriend ran a bath for the pensioner, who undressed and got in straight away," a police spokeswoman in the northern Austrian town of Linz said on Wednesday.

The pensioner waited in the tub for about 10 minutes, but when he heard cupboards being opened and closed in the living room, he emerged from the bathroom and chased the pair out of his flat, she said. "The credulous 65-year-old pensioner was waiting in vain in the bathtub ... while the suspect stole about 150 euros ($200) in cash from his living room," a police statement said.

The smooth-talking priest, who is in custody, and his 42-year-old girlfriend cheated four other Linz residents out of various sums. The 40-year-old priest, who claimed to have left holy orders for the sake of his girlfriend, also stole 140 euros ($210) from a flower donations collecting box in a church, police said. His total haul was 720 euros ($1,080).

Posted by Free Radical 2006-12-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And they say that Europeans are too lazy to work at low wages when they can get unemployment benefits!

Posted by Perfesser 2006-12-10 08:22|| 2006-12-10 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 I think today's idiots are the voters of New Orleans.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-12-10 09:34|| 2006-12-10 09:34|| Front Page Top

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