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Top 5 Most SINFUL PRIESTS

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🗓️ 24 December 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The priesthood is regarded as a noble vocation. Priest are so close to god that sometimes we forget that they’re people too, just like the rest of us. And like every person on earth, we all have our flaws, and as the people on this list will show, some are much worse then others. These are the top 5 Most Sinful Priests. Please support Scary Mysteries! Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/scarymysteries... - There's a lot of cool access, giveaways and even a custom episode!Buy awesome original shirts made by Scary Mysteries https://newdawnfilm.com/scary-mysteri...Subscribe for Weekly Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE8..._________________________________________________________Top 5 MOST SINFUL PRIESTS5. Reverend Mike Tabb Fromer Navy chaplain, Rev. Mike Tabb and his family moved from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to Troup, Texas where The small town of 1,900 people welcomed them with open arms.”All seemed well within the household until August 5, 2002 when a frantic call from the Reverend reached the local police station. Investigators rushed to the scene at around 6;30 pm, where they found Marla, the reverends wife, lying in a pool of her own blood. 4. Pastor John Canning – Sebring, FloridaIn sebring Florida Pastor John Canning delivered a 30-minute eulogy at the funeral of Lee and Hazel Gleese. The slain elderly couple, both 90 years old, were found strangled to death inside their home and Pastor Canning told attendees he was so close to them that he even called them “mom and dad.” Just six weeks later, Canning would be arrested for their murders.3. Father Gerald Ridsdale Born in Western Victoria Australia, Father Ridsdale first took his vows into the priesthood at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1961. In the first year of his services, the church already received complaints about his behavior but somehow, they never did anything about it. He was proclaimed chaplain of St. Alipius Primary School, an all-boys boarding school in 1971, and from there, his sexual misconduct only escalated. Initially, the Archdiocese of Ballarat had denied knowing about Ridsdale’s misconducts but later investigations revealed they had known about it earlier than they admitted and somehow, even protected the priest by moving him to different appointments instead. 2 Father Joseph Maskell – Baltimore City, MarylandBorn Anthony Joseph Maskell on Aril 13, 1939, he opted to use the name Joseph when he entered the seminary . Those who knew him describe the preist as being an intelligent man who loved psychology, someone who would often offer his counselling services to students at any time. But underneath the seemingly noble exterior, Maskell was actually a complete monster. 1. Father Hans Schmidt – New York / Louisville, KentuckyFather Hans Schmidt lived and grew up in Germany. From a young age He exhibited a strong fascination with blood and dismemberment and one relative recalled how he beheaded his mother’s geese and kept their heads in his pocket. During his seminary days, he was charged with forging diplomas. Although prosecutors wanted him jailed, his lawyer managed to get him off the hook due to mental illness, which were said to have been present on both sides of the family. By December 23, 1904, Schmidt claimed to have been ordained into the priesthood by Bishop Georg Kirstein. His family questioned whether he had the moral and mental fitness to serve as a Catholic priest but nevertheless, he began receiving parish assignments.So there were the Top 5 MOST SINFUL PRIESTS-------Priests are the pillars of Christianity and deemed to be “people of God”. And while many of them may mean well, sometimes they let ones in that commit heinous and atrocious acts, all while hdiding behind the power of their status.Support the show

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The priesthood is regarded as a noble vocation.

0:08.9

Priests are so close to God that sometimes we forget that they're people too just like the rest of us.

0:14.0

And like every person on earth we all have our flaws and as the people on this list will show

0:20.5

some of those are much worse than others. These are the top five most sinful

0:25.8

priests. Number five, Reverend Mike Tabb.

0:45.9

Former Navy Chaplain, Reverend Mike Tabb and his family moved from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to troopop, Texas, where the small town of 1900 people welcomed them with open arms.

0:48.4

All seemed well within the household until August 5, 2002, when a frantic call from the Reverend reached the local police station.

0:57.0

Investigators rushed to the scene at around 6.30 p.m.

1:00.0

where they found Marla, the Reverend's wife, lying in a pool of her own blood.

1:05.2

The 35-year-old had been savagely beaten and she had received multiple blows to the head and face.

1:11.6

Her jaw was broken in several places and there were signs

1:15.6

she had been strangled as well. A nearby wooden table had three broken legs,

1:20.8

one of which was missing and this is believed to have been the murder weapon.

1:26.0

Investigators noted there were no signs of forced entry, neither was there any indication of rape or even robbery.

1:33.0

However, picture frames were skew, furniture was broken and the room was a mess,

1:38.4

indicating Marla had struggled against her attacker.

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Just six weeks before her death... struggled against her attacker.

1:47.0

Just six weeks before her death, Marla had given birth to her second son. The pregnancy had difficulties, resulting in a sesarian section,

1:51.0

and the couple also had a two-year-old.

1:54.3

According to the Reverend, he was out visiting family and then went to the store with their

1:57.8

son before returning home and finding his wife murdered.

2:01.6

But despite his claims, investigators were unconvinced of his story, and soon they

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