13 Years Of Animal Feces Damages Rectory

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DYER, Ind. --A Roman Catholic church rectory is undergoing more than $100,000 in renovations because of damage caused by more than 13 years of neglect and accumulated animal waste, the church's pastor said.

The Rev. Terry Steffens said in a letter to parishioners that when he arrived at St. Joseph Church in July, he discovered severe damage to the rectory and has been living at a rectory of a church in nearby Schererville.

The letter said Bishop Dale Melczek had advised Steffens to have the rectory in Dyer, 10 miles southwest of Gary, fumigated before he moved in.

The person hired to clean the rectory over a six-week period told Steffens he had become sick to his stomach from cleaning one of the rectory's rooms that was heavily saturated with feces from dogs, rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs.

The Associated Press left a message seeking comment Wednesday for Steffens at his office. He told The Times of Munster on Tuesday he had been advised not to talk about the situation.

The AP also left a message Wednesday for the Rev. Mark Pavlina, the previous pastor at St. Joseph.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/01/25/13_years_of_animal_feces_damages_rectory?mode=PF

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

1. Well, shit.

[kick-ass-bob]

2. Holy shit!

:o

[Hugin]

3. Rectory and Feces in the same headline...

Good job! :thumbsup:

[matcom]

4. thank you

typing that headline made my day :D

[Hugin]

5. I completely forgot the word "Animal", also...

Wow! The potential of this headline is unbounded!

My calculations show this is indeed the "Holy Grail" of headlines.

It could go critical!

:nuke:

Let me be the first to congratulate you on this Journalistic
Achievement, as well as, setting in motion a series of events
which could lead to the end of the Universe as we know it.

:toast:

[matcom]

6. that my friend has been a dream of mine

for a long time :D

[CanuckAmok]

8. "Rectory"? Damned near Killedery!

...

[XNASA]

7. Lovely. Dyer is only about 8 miles from my house.

Calumet Region representin'. :eyes: