Posted on 07/18/2006 9:39:35 PM PDT by catholicfreeper
FLOWOOD, Miss. -- Flowood police are trying to figure out why a man mutilated himself in front of a local church.
Police said John Castellano cut off his penis in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary at the St. Paul Catholic Church.
Castellano then drove himself to the hospital
police officer was sent to retrieve the penis at the church and took it to the hospital where it was reattached by surgeons.
Psychiatrist Stanley Russell hasn't treated Castellano but said patients who injured themselves usually do so out of guilt.
“It’s usually a matter of guilt-related … trying to deal with guilty feelings about something I would suspect that there is a good chance there is something, maybe something sexual that he’s struggling with. Guilt about and this is his way of dealing with it,” said Russell.
Castellano is recovering at St. Dominic's Hospital.
Police are not pursuing any criminal charges against him
Who is Jim Rome?
Did he cut of his too?
We need a law........ self inflicted detachment should result in hormon treatment and a sex change. This clown is certainly not part of the club anymore!
Women may burn their bra, etc., etc., but you don't hear about any cutting their own boobs off and throwing them around town!
ahhh no....
this is a story that we might hear on his radio show within the next couple days....it's a long story....
Flowood? No wood!
Do we ever sleep?
WTH does Jim Rome have to do with penile displacement?
They have ointments for that.
Wrap a towel around his head...er...ah, both of them, then point him towards Mecca.
I will try and stay posted.
: )
At least he won't be passing on those genes anymore
"I think he's a nut".
I have no idea.
All I remember about Jim Rome was the pleasure experienced at watching Jim Everett kick his sorry a$$.
Reminds me of the scene in "Ice Pirates" mid-80s movie starring Robert Urich and Mary Crosby. Urich and his friend get captured, tied down and placed on an assembly line where there's this huge machine with metal teeth chomping down on victims private parts, i.e., castration of the testicles and penis. Afterwards, the victims are dressed in a uniform and placed where people can buy them as slaves. When they talk, it's definitely with a high-pitched voice that would make Julie Andrews envious.
He must have taken Mark 9:43 literally.
I think this qualifies for a Darwin reward.
Darwin honorable mention, cause he lived.
Cue King Missile's "Detachable Penis."
I loved the Ice Pirates! Very funny movie that unfortunately did not get as much attention as Spaceballs...
He cut off his junk?!?!
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