{"id":120370,"date":"2024-12-27T08:41:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T08:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/maryland-wacko-allegedly-pours-whiskey-in-holy-water-at-church-on-christmas-eve-pelts-parishioner-with-tangerines-new-york-post\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T08:41:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T08:41:45","slug":"maryland-wacko-allegedly-pours-whiskey-in-holy-water-at-church-on-christmas-eve-pelts-parishioner-with-tangerines-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/maryland-wacko-allegedly-pours-whiskey-in-holy-water-at-church-on-christmas-eve-pelts-parishioner-with-tangerines-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland wacko allegedly pours whiskey in holy water at church on Christmas Eve, pelts parishioner with tangerines &#8211; New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He had too much holiday spirit.  <br \/>A fiend went on a sacrilegious rampage at two Maryland churches on Christmas Eve, pouring whiskey in the holy water at one place of worship before he was detained by fed-up parishioners, authorities said. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Thomas Campbell Bolling Von Goetz ensured he was placed on the naughty list \u2013 and in a jail cell \u2013 &nbsp;this holiday season after he disrupted two Catholic Masses within a few hours, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1000006435488128&amp;set=pcb.1000006618821443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Mary\u2019s County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/a><br \/>Von Goetz, 56, allegedly began his Grinch-like antics around 5 p.m. when he entered Holy Angels Catholic Church in the community of Avenue during Mass and dropped an onion in the aisle as he walked up to the altar.<br \/>As an attendee followed him outside, Von Goetz started pelting the person with tangerines before fleeing, authorities alleged.<br \/>Then hours later at midnight Mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Leonardtown, he allegedly dumped whisky into the holy water and threatened parishioners, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<br \/>Churchgoers battled to boot Von Goetz outside as he tried to hit several people with his bottle of liquor, according to the law enforcement agency. <br \/>Ultimately, parishioners detained the suspect until deputies arrived.<br \/>He was taken to MedStar St. Mary\u2019s Hospital for medical evaluation, and then on Thursday he was officially arrested.<br \/>Von Goetz, who flashed a devilish grin in his mug shot, was charged with second-degree assault, disorderly conduct, defacing religious property, religious crime against a group, obstructing a religious exercise, threat of mass violence and disturbing the peace.<br \/>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAJBVV95cUxQNzI0RGxkaHVxbHFhS2FBZ1JDSUJiVG9iSEZpdGhGaXVuWXBWNFB5OUZuQ3dmYUNSSUN5UEc5d28tTWNTOTZiZjZwaHZmQVQ2TzRiWmc4N3JsZ01ZY1JDQjJBTFVNNFBrQS1rNUkzY1ppdnlGUHpiaEhOTXdZMng3bkxWOW9TR2ctZmtuSWszNnNQZ3BFNGNqazVRVTZLdjQxR2lweTBtZGxLMmVIWFp5b3FITkRCM0gxMElGMXNTYnNTTDh5R0ptclJENHh2TmhtYTdTam5lck4zQ3dzYWZZZXZ3Q0tON3JTVU9ZTkh2RGFESlhWYkJMeDV0Q2hyWF91WkdaS0pIWTBVcGVqak9qTEpuLWY?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He had too much holiday spirit. A fiend went on a sacrilegious rampage at two Maryland churches on Christmas Eve, pouring whiskey in the holy water at one place of worship before he was detained by fed-up parishioners, authorities said. &nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas Campbell Bolling Von Goetz ensured he was placed on the naughty list \u2013 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-120370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}