Man Arrested For Drinking Church's Holy Water (Athens GA)

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http://www.channel3000.com/irresistible/4726629/detail.html

Police: Man Arrested For Drinking Church's Holy Water

POSTED: 5:41 am CDT July 15, 2005

ATHENS, Ga. -- Police in Athens, Ga., have arrested a man with a drinking problem.

Officials at St. Joseph's Catholic Church said Stacy Lamar Bradford has been coming in every couple of weeks to drink the church's holy water.

The church's office manager said he called police because last October, Bradford assaulted the pastor, broke a crucifix and smashed the window of a police cruiser.

[ET Awful]

1. So let me get this right . . . he assaulted the pastor,

broke a crucifix and smashed the window of a police cruiser but they didn't arrest him until he started drinking the holy water?

[CottonBear]

2. Holy Holy Water! This happened in my town!

I'll have to check out the Athens-Bannner Herald at work and see if there's any mention of this story.

A little background: St. Josephs is located on the edge of downtown Athens and is surrounded by an historic neighborhood (Prince Avenue/Cobbham/Boulevard), an area frequented by prostitutes and vagrants (Barber Street) and a troubled (crime ridden), privately-owned subsidized housing complex called Bethel Homes. There are also 4 other large churches in the area, upscale in-town businesses and homes in historic structures and many UGA students and "townies" who live in the historic old neighborhoods.

The church has considered moving to the suburbs and this has been a sore point with many of the parishioners who live in town.