Drunk priest dragged out of church

16th October 2009

Parishioners fed up with their drunk, abusive and thieving priest locked him out of his church on Sunday and then sent him packing.

Up to 200 locals gathered outside the church in the Polish village of Parciaki Sunday morning to demand the priest leave.

After receiving no answer, a handful of men entered and dragged the swearing Father Edward Pilarskiego from behind the altar where he had hidden himself with a bottle of vodka.

Once outside, they changed the locks on the church door and told him never to come back.

“We didn’t want to do this, but we were left with no choice,” said outraged local Monika Bablewska. “For months we have been asking for this man’s removal, but ...