Priest accused of stalking Conan O'Brien fit for trial

[Ian David]

Black Collar Crime
Associated Press - November 9, 2007 2:33 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP) - A priest accused of stalking Conan O'Brien has been found fit to stand trial, although his lawyer acknowledged he has been treated for psychological problems.

A judge issued the ruling after a court-appointed pscyhologist examined him. The priest (Reverend David Ajemian) was ordered to be held on $2,500 cash bail.

A lawyer for the priest says his client had been taking medication and has been treated for a year for psychological problems.

The priest was arrested last week while trying to enter a taping of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in New York City despite being warned to stay away by NBC security personnel.

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O'Brien stalker priest fit for trial

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Msgr. Dennis Sheehan of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Newton, Massachusetts, attended the hearing. He said the cardinal of the Boston Archdiocese "asked me to come as a sign of his concern."

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In the letter, he called himself "a stalker of a very different order than the kind you are used to dealing with" and dared them to "tell Conan about your surveillance of me."

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Ajemian's seminary mentor, the Rev. John Mark Hannon, said Thursday he believes Ajemian can still be a good priest if he receives proper psychiatric help.

"He was a good seminarian. He was kind and generous and affable and concerned how people were," said Hannon, who guided Ajemian before he graduated from St. John's Seminary in 2001.

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See prior thread:

Boston priest accused of stalking, harassing Conan O'Brien
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2239511

[MADem]

1. WOO WOO. Poor Conan, who needs that shit.

Conan's college roommate is, ironically, a priest (named O'Brien, too) and to whom Conan gave a shitload of money -- a SHITLOAD--to start a feeding center for the homeless in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[SoCalDem]

2. The priesthood needs a revamping..

Let them marry, and just call it a JOB..

The only reason that the whole celibacy thing ever even happened was to prevent "church property" from being inherited by the priest's wife & kiddies.

By "requiring" a promise of celibacy from the horniest creatures on earth, the church is only guaranteeing that they will attract a LARGE quantity of "odd" men.. That's certainly been borne out by history :(

[Ian David]

3. Originally, pedophilia was encouraged among the church elite. n/t