August 1, 2007
Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburst
A Roman Catholic priest, dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne, was videotaped swearing at and abusing a group of teenagers using the cathedral grounds as a skate park, reports Reuters
"Move, you f****** fool," Baron tells one skater in the video, slapping one of the group across the head and prompting a torrent of abuse in reply.
Pointing to a skater lying on the ground, Baron is heard telling the youth "Little foreigner there, look at the sleepy eyes, black hair".
The embarrassed Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, placed Baron on indefinite leave after the outburst appeared on YouTube.
... The video clip of the outburst, which was filmed a year ago but only recently posted on YouTube, was viewed tens of thousands of times but is now listed as "removed by the user".
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