A 40-year-old priest from Italy has been placed under house arrest after allegations have surfaced that he had embezzled more than $117,000 from his parish funds, to finance gay sex parties and the purchase of date rape drug GHB.įather Francesco Spagnesi, a former medical student who became a highly regarded Roman Catholic priest from Prato near Florence, joined the priesthood at age 26, reportedly saying he found a “fullness and a joy in making myself available to others.”īefore Spagnesi was ordained in 2007 and made a parish priest in 2009, it is alleged that Spagnesi had experienced a troubled past and battled addiction for around two years.
