‘Drunk’ priest ‘barely able to stand’ while overseeing the funeral of a stillborn child in front of devastated relatives is fined by Polish police

A Parish priest in Poland has sparked fury after turning as much as the funeral of a stillborn child drunk and late.

After arriving on the funeral an hour after it was supposed to begin, Father Czesław Kubera from the village of Garczegorze in northern Poland started slurring and mumbling.

‘He confused phrases, slurred phrases, may barely stand,’ based on Polish newspaper Fakt.

He then informed the grieving household that ‘the angel is sleeping, so I used to be additionally sleeping’. 

The infant’s devastated aunt informed Fakt: ‘The priest did not present up so the funeral house referred to as him.

‘After the decision the priest confirmed up, a neighborhood parishioner drove him as a result of the priest had misplaced his driving license for driving drunk.

‘When he arrived he was drunk. He combined up phrases, was slurring and combined up songs.

‘On the entrance to the cemetery he informed us: “The angel is sleeping, so I used to be sleeping too”. Everybody was speechless. I do not know, we’re misplaced for phrases.

‘The boy’s mother and father are unable to speak. This precipitated them much more ache

‘When he completed the ceremony, we referred to as the police.’

When the police arrived they discovered that the priest was above the alcohol restrict. 

In response to different horrified witnesses, he was unable to face correctly.

Police spokeswoman Marta Szałkowska stated: ‘We acquired a report {that a} priest was conducting funeral companies within the Nowa Wieś Lęborska commune, and he could also be intoxicated.’

She famous that he was given a breathalyser take a look at and was discovered to be above the restrict. 

‘He was fined PLN 500 (£99)’, she stated. 

Now it has emerged that final yr he was caught driving below the affect and misplaced his driving licence.

An outraged native informed Fakt newspaper: ‘This isn’t the primary such state of affairs with this priest.

‘He was drunk at lots and baptisms, however the state of affairs on the funeral was past human comprehension.

‘We reported it to the curia [the official body that governs the Catholic church], however there was no response earlier than.

‘This priest ought to go to rehab and never conduct lots.’

Bishop Ryszard Kasyna, who oversees the parish, stated: ‘The Diocesan Bishop referred to as the parish priest from Gargrzerz for a dialog.

‘The household of the deceased little one will likely be knowledgeable about its outcomes and the results in direction of the priest.’