Lovestruck female parishioner convicted of harassing 'traumatised' priest

Submitted by AngryMan on Mon, 2008-03-03 12:45

Story here. Excerpt:

"48-year-old Cheryl Burston's romantic dreams - which saw her give Father Timothy Menezes chocolates and a teddy bear - turned to harassment when he rejected her advances.
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The obsessed parishioner put a public notice about the 37-year-old priest in a local newspaper and wrote to his superiors in the Roman Catholic Church."

Burston denied harassment but was convicted by magistrates in Coventry.

PS: See the comments from women at the bottom of the story.

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It's interesting how this article and the accompanying comments are proof of a double standard. I left this comment:

It's interesting because people don't seem to be too outraged at this. Let's imagine a man was hitting on a nun in the same fashion. The poor guy would be stigmatized for life. It seems this woman is being made somewhat of a celebrity, and people are trying to justify her actions. I am not one of these people. What she did was wrong, and I'm glad she's being punished.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Mon, 2008-03-03 19:08