(ANSA) - Turin, July 17 - A priest serving in the Piedmont
town of Stresa has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession
for dealing after being discovered at a 'cocaine party' in
Milan, judicial sources said.
Police detained Don Stefano Maria Cavalletti, 45, after
being called out to investigate noise and shouting during a
party in Piazza Anghilberto last Thursday.
Last September he was convicted by a court of first
instance of fraud against an elderly woman whom he allegedly
convinced to pay 22,000 euros into his bank account.
The diocese of Novara announced Don Stefano's arrest on
Tuesday evening but said it did not know the reason for the
provision, entrusting him "to the Lord in prayer" pending
"clarification".
Priest arrested at 'cocaine party'
'Depressed' cleric already convicted of fraud