A Louisiana priest was arrested last month for allegedly filming himself having sex with two dominatrices on the altar of his Catholic church.
The priest, identified by Nola.com as the Rev. Travis Clark, was reportedly caught in the act around 11pm on Sept. 30 when a passerby went to investigate after noticing that the lights were on later than usual at the Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Pearl River.
The unnamed witness saw the half-naked priest having sex on the altar with two women, who were both dressed in corsets and high-heeled boots. The altar was strewn with sex toys and illuminated by stage lighting, while a tripod-mounted cellphone recorded the unholy scene, according to court documents
The astounded onlooker took a video of the sacrilegious shenanigans before calling the cops.
Police arrested the Rev. Clark and his two altar servers, Mindy Dixon, 41, and Melissa Cheng, 23, on obscenity charges.
Both women reportedly told responding officers that they were filming a “roleplay” with Clark. Although the sex was determined to be consensual, the trio were booked on obscenity charges because they were in view of the public.
According to Nola.com, Dixon, who works as an adult film actress, had posted on social media the day before that she was traveling to the New Orleans area to “defile a house of God” with another dominatrix.
Following the arrest, Clark, who was ordained in 2013, was suspended from the archdiocese.
Gregory Aymond, the archbishop of the New Orleans archdiocese, has since performed a ritual at the church to restore the sanctity of the altar.
Aymond said Monday that the Rev. Carol Shirima would replace Clark beginning on October 11.
Clark was released from jail on $25,000 bond, while Cheng and Dixon posted bonds of $7,500.
All three face six months to three years in prison if convicted.