With Spotlight taking home the Best Picture award at this year’s Oscars more attention than ever has been focused on the indiscretions of the Catholic Church.

Enter 37-year-old Father Stephen Crossan, the man hoovering up a line in that video you’ve just watched. If you can hear past the insipid Jason Derulo music you may hear him whisper ‘I shouldn’t’, moments before his rubber arm is twisted and he joins the party.

The Daily Mail describing the evening with great relish:

The video…is said to have been recorded at the end of two days of partying when Father Crossan invited friends to his parish home.

He has admitted taking drugs, telling the newspaper’s Ruth Warrander: ‘It was just the one night and that was it. I do not have an issue with drugs’…

A source said a number of revellers went back to Father Crossan’s house at 11am for seven hours – where they were greeted by Nazi memorabilia – after a party host asked them to leave.

The memorabilia included flags, hats and an eagle with a swastika on a plinth on Father Crossan’s mantelpiece…The source added: ‘It was all over the house. At one point Stephen put on a cap and did the Nazi salute.

‘It’s shocking. He’s supposed to be an upstanding member of society. He shouldn’t be taking drugs’…

Father Crossan, who lives on the grounds of St Patrick’s Church in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, denied being a Nazi and said the memorabilia was there because he collects ‘historical stuff’.

He said he had depression and was on sick leave when the footage was taken.

Poor Stephen, he looks truly distraught.

If this pisses you off go ahead and watch Spotlight, it makes this bloke look like the good apple. Was that a vow of celibacy or a vow of secrecy Father?

[source:dailymail]