Someone is going to be doing quite a few Hail Mary's. An elderly Dutch priest confessed to calling in a phony bomb threat last week before a pair of Madonna concerts in Amsterdam in a last-ditch effort to stop the singer from staging her mock-crucifixion act, officials said Friday.
The would-be terrorist was easily identified as he used his home phone to make the call to an emergency services line, where it was automatically traced, officials said.Officials said they never believed that threat was credible.
"We take bomb threats seriously, but in this case it was clear very quickly that it was not real," Amsterdam prosecution spokesman Robert Meulenbroek told the Associated Press.
The priest appeared before a judge Friday and was released, pending judgment. As it was his first offense, he will likely be sentenced to community service, officials said.
Maybe he can distribute Madonna albums to the poor or something to that effect.
Priest Confesses to Madonna Threat [E! Online]
Written by Lauren Burch
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