A Romanian orthodox priest is to live in seclusion for a month after delivering a five-hour funeral service.
Agapie Aurel Rusu has also been ordered to live on just bread and water for the month as a punishment.
The case of the long funeral service has also came under the attention of consumer protection authorities after complaints regarding the things he’s alleged to have said during the service.
It’s reported the priest wanted to get revenge on the 21-year-old dead man’s relatives who had wanted another priest to officiate the funeral.
He talked during the sermon about politics, history and even heart surgery. He’s also said to have used many poems to illustrate the sermon. [Article]
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Golly. I wonder if he bond and gaged the congregation as well.
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I wouldn’t mind recommending a like sentence upon some priests whose homilies I’ve been forced to sit through. Not a bad idea.
sounds like a filibuster to me