Rectory? Damn Near Killed Him! Priest Found Gagged & Handcuffed, Tells Cops He Was Just "Playing" Around. Right!

Bet the cops don't get too many 911 calls quite like this one (link below). Catholic parson Tom Donovan of Springfield, Illinois (pic immediately above) got on the 911 blower recently to tell the dispatcher, "I'm going to need help getting out before this becomes a medical emergency!"  But get out of what, you might ask...

Seems father was stuck in the ol' rectory (his digs) and bound up but good with a pair of handcuffs and a gag over his piehole. And that's exactly how cops found the playful preacher once they arrived.

Cops cut the clergyman loose but naturally had a few questions.  Like how in the hell this Holy Joe came to find himself all tied up worse than Marsellus and Butch in the pawn shop backroom (pic at the top)...

"I was playing with them," claimed the frightened friar in reference to said cuffs and gag, and with no other soul anywhere in sight around the joint.

Yeah I bet! He was just goofing around, perfecting his prison hack skills right there in the living room! I'm sure NO ONE ELSE was around or had anything to do with this putrid padre predicament!

Meantime, this red-faced reverend is reportedly now on a "leave of absence" from the church. Which doesn't sound like much of a changeup: Methinks this kooky cleric's not exactly all the way there even when he is in the house.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/04/priest-gets-stuck-in-handcuffs-rev-tom-donovan-911-gag_n_2411344.html