கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியார் இனவெறியுடன் திட்டியது யூட்யூபில் வெளிவந்ததால் பாதிரியார் விடுப்பு

ஆஸ்திரேலிய சர்ச்சின் முன்னே ஸ்கேட் போர்ட் விளையாடிக்கொண்டிருந்த சிறுவர்களை இனவெறி வார்த்தைகள், கெட்டவார்த்தைகள் ஆகியவற்றை கொண்டு கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியார் திட்டியதை வீடியோ பிடித்து யூட்யூபில் போட்டு விட்டனர். இதனை அறிந்து பாதிரியார் மன்னிப்பு கேட்டுக்கொண்டு விடுமுறையில் ஓடிவிட்டார்.

Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburstStory Highlights
Roman Catholic priest put on leave after verbally abusing skateboarders

Skateboarders were using St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne as a skate park

Reverend Monsignor Geoff Baron's outburst filmed and placed on YouTube

Baron apologized, said skaters provoked him alleging he was a pedophile

CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) -- A Roman Catholic priest who unleashed a torrent of expletives and racist abuse against skateboarders outside his Australian cathedral, only to have the outburst filmed and placed on YouTube, has been put on leave.


St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.

The Reverend Monsignor Geoff Baron, the dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Australia's second biggest city, Melbourne, was videotaped swearing at and abusing a group of teenagers using the cathedral grounds as a skate park.

"Move, you f------ fool," Baron tells one skater in the video, slapping one of the group across the head and prompting a torrent of abuse in reply.

Pointing to a skater lying on the ground, Baron is heard telling the youth "Little foreigner there, look at the sleepy eyes, black hair".

"At least he's got hair. You f------ bald prick," one youth replies. Others spat on and shoved the furious priest.

The embarrassed Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, placed Baron on indefinite leave after the outburst appeared on YouTube, while security guards began patrolling the cathedral grounds on Wednesday amid threats of reprisal attacks.

"I want to relieve the dean of the pressures and responsibilities he carries as dean of the cathedral," Hart said, promising further action.

Baron apologized for the outburst on Tuesday, but on radio described the skaters as "jackals and hyenas" who had provoked him with allegations he was a pedophile.

"It was outrageous behavior. I let myself down terribly badly, quite clearly, and I've also brought scandal and shock to other people," he told local radio.

The video clip of the outburst, which was filmed a year ago but only recently posted on YouTube (http://youtube.com/watch?v=HQAfalqo340), was viewed tens of thousands of times