A Catholic priest has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of dealing drugs at a party.
Stefano Maria Cavalletti, 45, said he had taken to drugs because he was suffering from depression after being found guilty last year of defrauding an elderly woman of 22,000 ($34,265).
Father Cavalletti, who despite the conviction is still a priest, was allegedly selling cocaine at the party in Milan. He was arrested after neighbours complained about the noise from the late-night gathering and called the police.
He allegedly tried to flush the cocaine down a lavatory, and also attempted to tear up his passport, which he was carrying with him, so as not to be identified.
The priest was the only person arrested.
