Posted on 07/06/2006 11:26:16 AM PDT by wagglebee
DEFROCKED Kerry priest Neil Horan has confirmed he plans to travel to the World Cup final at the weekend to perform a peace dance outside the venue for the big match.
He also intends carrying posters declaring that Adolf Hitler was a good leader who was following the word of Christ.
The Scartaglin native has previously hit the headlines for his infamous demonstrations at major sporting events. He dashed out in front of Formula One cars during the British Grand Prix at Silver-stone in 2003 and the following year he was given a 12-month suspended sentence and fined ¤3,000 for pouncing on the leader of the men’s marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens.
Now he says he will dance a jig outside the stadium in Berlin before the World Cup final kicks-off on Sunday.
He told The Kingdom he plans to board a flight to Germany on Saturday and he will carry placards in five different languages to spread the word of God - as he sees it.
“I will stand just in front of the main entrance. I will give the Hitler salute, do my peace dance and read a verse,” said Horan who has written to The Kingdom to confirm his intentions.
He said he also intends to visit the Gestapo headquarters to light a candle in memory of Hitler.
The Scartaglin native said he is confident that the authorities in Germany will not attempt to prevent him from entering the country given the nation’s reputation for democracy.
He said he has written to German prime minister, Angela Merkel, and the German police chief to inform them of his travel plans and to assure them his demonstration will be entirely peaceful.
“I agree that what I plan to do is very controversial and I agree that it is a minority view but the mark of a free-dom-loving democracy is that it allows full freedom of speech and expression,” Horan told The Kingdom.
The second eldest of 13 children, Horan is a native of Knockeenahone, Scartaglin. He said he has long established ties with German people as, in his youth in Killarney, he worked as a kitchen porter at the German-owned Dunloe Castle Hotel.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Eamonn Casey in 1973 but on 20 January, 2005, Horan was formally defrocked by the Catholic Church.
He has consistently refused to accept the ruling made by the Archbishop of Southwark in London.
“I completely reject this decision. I appeal to the much higher court of heaven and the court of Jesus Christ,” he said.
He sounds like an out and out lunatic.
He certainly does.
Ping.
About 30 years ago, in late summer I saw a guy in Moscow subway - that one was clothed along Santa Claus lines, had a big alarm clock strapped to his hand instead of wristwatch, and was all festooned with tinfoil. But that phase shift sufferer was not speaking in tongues and was generally quiet. Why couldn't this Neil Horan take an example from him?
There's a court that won't take long to render an opinion this guy's not gonna like.
Unless I'm mistaken,that's a serious crime in Germany.
NOTE.
Not all religious wacko's are Mu-slime.
" He sounds like an out and out lunatic."
He ran onto the track at Silverstone while formula one cars were lapping at 200 mph. I'd say that qualifies him.
He should come here and move to Kansas. I think he'd have a future with the WBC.
"Adolf Hitler was a good leader who was following the word of Christ."
Even the Devil obeys Christ, but I don't think that "good" can be used to describe Hitler.
He might get in, but he's going to be in for a very rude awakening from the "Polizei" since Nazi symbology and salutes are completely illegal in Germany. As you can see below, those guys are really tough and don't put up with any stupidity.
"I appeal to the much higher court of heaven and the court of Jesus Christ,”
Appeal all he wants the Germans are still going to toss his raggety butt in der slammer. Any depictions of Adolf are verboten outside of museums.
Did he remember to invite Fred Phelps to go with him?
Somebody has to have a link.
"Not all religious wacko's are Mu-slime."
True, but this one doesn't appear to be dangerous or likely to be wearing a bomb.
It sounds like he didn't get enough attention as a child.
Or oxygen as an adult.
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