Conspiracy Theorists Unite

Yet more disgrace has befallen the Athens Games, which will probably be remembered more for the lack of sportsmanship than anything else.

A former Irish priest pushed Brazil’s Vanderlei de Lima off the road when he was leading the Olympic marathon on Sunday.

The man was arrested and taken to a police station. A government

spokesman said he was a former Irish priest, Cornelius Horan, who

interrupted the British Formula One Grand Prix last year by running on

to the Silverstone track

“The man says he is Irish, he is also drunk. He had been to a taverna earlier,” a police source told Reuters.

On Sunday Horan was wearing a kilt and beret and on a white shirt he had pinned the words “The Grand Prix Priest. Israel Fulfillment of Prophecy Says The Bible. The Second Coming is Near.” He had a Star of David attached to his kilt.

And here I was thinking that we had already had our fill of bad publicity for the day.