A man has been arrested in
Maryland after authorites said he caused “disruptions” at two
Christmas Eve masses, pouring whiskey into the holy water and pelting worshippers with tangerines.
Thomas Campbell Bolling Von Goetz, 56, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses following the sacrilegious rampage on Tuesday, officials reported.
According to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Von Goetz entered Holy Angels Catholic Church in Avenue during a
Mass shortly after 5 p.m.
He approached the altar and dropped an onion in the aisle, “disturbing the peace of those attending,” the sheriff’s office said.
Later that night, during Midnight Mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Leonardtown, Von Goetz disrupted another service by pouring whiskey into the holy water and threatening to harm parishioners, according to law enforcement authorities.
As church attendees escorted him from the building, he allegedly attempted unsuccessfully to strike several individuals with a whiskey bottle.
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