Spagnesi is a former medical student who dropped out to join the priesthood at the age of 26, reportedly saying he found a “fullness and a joy in making myself available to others,” according to the Times. Officers reportedly found homemade crack pipes from bottles during a raid on the apartment. The two men are alleged to have used online dating sites to invite guests to their home, where drugs were used and sold, the Times reported. Police are in the process of interviewing 200 people who’ve said they have attended his parties in the last two years. Francesco Spagnesi, 40, of Prato, Italy, who was locally known for his inspiring homilies, was caught after police were tipped off that his roommate had imported a liter of the common date rape drug GHB from the Netherlands, according to the Times. The real ‘Father Stu’: How a motorcycle accident turned this ex-boxer into a priestĪn Italian Roman Catholic priest has been placed under house arrest for allegedly stealing over $117,000 in church funds and parishioners’ donations for drugs and lavish gay sex parties in his home. ‘Pope of Turtle Bay’ blesses NYC neighborhood - but some say his bell’s too loudĬardinal Dolan’s Easter message: Ukraine is a symbol of hope, resiliency NYPD to beef up patrols at Catholic churches over planned protests after Roe v.
