Missing N.Y. Pastor Found in Ohio Strip Club

[brooklynite]

A pastor whose disappearance from a small town in upstate New York triggered a search by police and the FBI was found earlier today — inside an Ohio strip club.

Police said that when the Rev. Craig S. Rhodenizer, 46, was confronted by an officer, he began crying and said he couldn't remember anything about the 36 hours he was missing.

But dancers at the club remembered Rhodenizer. They told investigators that Rhodenizer spent two hours drinking, soliciting dances and making threatening comments. He also said he wanted to take the dancers back to his motel, according to the police report. In his car was a bottle of Bacardi rum.

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The pastor broke down when police asked if he was Rhodenizer, crying and asking about the welfare of his wife and son, according to a Lewiston police report.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4543722&page=1

The pastor broke down when police asked if he was Rhodenizer, crying and asking about the welfare of his wife and son

Ah, family values....

[BigDaddy44]

1. Uhhhhhhh

Where am I? Who are you? How did I get here? What? WHAT??????

Its my defense and I'm sticking to it.

[nomorenomore08]

2. Sounds like the Onion. The fact that it isn't is slightly unnerving.

But nevertheless, :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:.

[Bluebear]

3. The Rhodenizer can't remember anything about the last 36 hours...hahahahahaha

I'll have to try that excuse sometime.

[mcctatas]

4. In my sorority days, I was often really drunk, had some hazy

recall in the morning and did my share of the "walk of shame" but I never ever missed an entire 36 hours!

[DemoTex]

5. Left home to go to Best Buys .. ended up in titty-bar. There is C&W song potential there.

But a Lutheran? Maybe the titty-bar had a red door (or a red light, at least).

[brentspeak]

6. What's with the "family values" comment?

There's nothing in the article to suggest that Rhodenizer is a finger-pointing "family values" moralizer.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. Ummm, did you miss the part of the title that says "missing PASTOR"

They're *all* "finger-pointing "family values" moralizer(s)."

[Ghost in the Machine]

8. Kicking for the night shift...

[InkAddict]

9. His flock was very small and evidently had no debt...

http://www.elca.org/ScriptLib/RE/Trendnet/cdsTrendNet.asp?Id=A69DA0AC97

However, a small, isolated, intimate congregation can be very punishing and rigid, demanding perfection of the imperfect humans they choose to shepherd them. I'm glad he was located and will get some help with whatever troubled his body and/or soul.

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. "Why am I naked and covered in honey? Did I miss something fun?" (Apologies to Futurama)