‘His desecration of the altar was demonic’
A former priest has pleaded guilty to obscenity after he was caught having a threesome with two dominatrix on an altar.
Travis Clark, who was a priest at Pearl River’s Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, admitted a felony count of obscenity after he was caught on September 30, 2020.
He had been uncovered when a passerby saw lights on in the church at 11pm and decided to investigate.
To their shock, they peered through the window to see Clark in the midst of a threesome with the two dominatrix, and a tripod and camera set up to record the whole thing.
Prosecutors say Clark was seen stripped on the holy table with two women wearing high-heel boots and corsets.
Sex toys were also recovered at the scene, local media reports, with Clark also alleged to have defecated on the carpet.
Clark received a suspended three-year prison sentence along with three years of supervised probation and he was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 (£870), reports NOLA.com.
Melissa Cheng, 30, and Mindy Dixon, 43, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanour counts earlier this year.
Following the incident, Archbishop Gregory Aymond said the altar was desecrated and ordered it to be burned. Clark was also defrocked by the church.
Aymond said: “His obscene behaviour was deplorable. His desecration of the altar in the church was demonic.
“I am infuriated by his actions.”
At a courthouse in the city of Covington, Clark’s defence attorney Michael Kennedy said $8,000 (£6,930) had already been paid to the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
In response to the sentencing and the removal of Clark’s priesthood, Kennedy stated: “I believe my client is far less likely to find himself in a similar situation ever again.
“Wherever life takes Mr. Clark from here, I hope it finds him well and able to put this fully behind him.”
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