FDB member @ndy - putting the lie to his internet blog’s title - has written a number of “blog posts” on the subject of Rev. Geoffrey Baron (Baz to his mates):
Church & State & That’s Entertainment!
Today’s Sermon: And Jesus said unto His Disciples: “Get off the property! Fuck off!” (featuring a transcription of the “Youtube” in question.)
Very Reverend Geoffrey confesses: ‘Oh fuck, I must look like a right cunt’
Priests, Rants, Security… & Tabloids
Very Reverend Geoffrey Baron has been suspended
We reckon they’re all worth a read.
From The Age:
Priest regrets outburst but won’t say sorry
Barney Zwartz and Chris Johnston
August 1, 2007
ARCHBISHOP Denis Hart yesterday launched an investigation into his scandalous dean, Geoff Baron, who was caught on camera abusing skateboarders, and stood him down.
Archbishop Hart stepped off a plane from Ireland at 4.40am yesterday to hear that Monsignor Baron had made an unconditional apology for his racist and sexual references to a group of youths at St Patrick’s Cathedral.
The incident happened last year, but the film was posted on Internet site YouTube recently, before being removed yesterday.
The three-minute and 20 second video Priest Kickout attracted 43,118 hits. Last week it appeared on other video sites and blogs, including the Australian forum in white supremacist website Stormfront, where members praised the priest for racially abusing Asians among the skaters.
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