Former Catholic Priest Arrested After Masturbating On Southwest Flight

September 12, 2012 at 11:12 am by Morbid  

Denver, CO – A former Catholic priest was arrested Saturday after fellow passengers on a plane noticed him jacking off while watching porn on his laptop.

According to reports, 63-year-old Daniel Drinan was on Southwest Flight 1998 when he decided to take advantage of the plane’s free wifi and watch some porn on his laptop. Maybe a little inappropriate, depending on the passengers around him, but hey, free porn. It was Drinan’s decision to rub one out that got him into trouble.

Although he attempted to hide what he was doing with his laptop, a  female passenger could see that Drinan was stroking on his exposed penis and alerted a female flight attendant when he would not stop. She, in turn, notified a male flight attendant who reportedly told Drinan to “put his pants back together.”

As if being cock-blocked from yourself wasn’t bad enough, Drinan was arrested after the plane landed at Denver International Airport and charged with  lewd, indecent or obscene acts in public aboard an aircraft. According to the criminal complaint, Drinan apologized for his conduct and said he decided to flog his bishop because the lights were out and no one was next to him. If he’s convicted, he’s looking at 90 days in jail and a $250,000 fine.

Not surprisingly, this isn’t the former Catholic priest’s first encounter with the law regarding inappropriate behavior. Turns out he was the priest at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Texas but was removed because of an incident that happened back in 2002 in which he was accused of inappropriate behavior with a minor. He would eventually be charged with misdemeanor assault not involving sexual contact or injuries to a child, but because of other incidents found during the church’s own investigation, he was not allowed to return to his parish.

“My decision not to invite Drinan back to do ministry in the diocese is based not just on this incident,” Bishop Gregory Aymond said at the time. “As the diocese did its own investigation, there were other issues and circumstances from the past that made it clear to me that, in my opinion, he should not serve in priestly ministry at this time.”

I used the word “former” throughout this article because I wasn’t sure if Drinan is still a priest or not. In 2005 he was still operating as one, he just didn’t have a church. At that time he was working for Ridge House, a halfway house catering to recovering addicts and alcoholics. I checked their staff page but didn’t see Drinan listed. If anyone finds out if Drinan is still a priest, let me know as that headline would look so much better without the word “former” in it.

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