One priest dead and another arrested after a fatal night of sex and drugs during the Pope’s visit to Belgium

A lower court in Antwerp will decide this Thursday whether to detain the Belgian priest Bernard D. for The death of the British clergyman Andrew W. after having used drugs together and maintained sexual relations on Thursday of last week, coinciding with the visit of Pope Francis to Belgiumthe Belgian media reported this Thursday 7sur7.

The Belgian priest, detained since this weekend, had invited the British priest – with whom he had had a friendship for years – to visit him in the town of Kalmthout, near Antwerp (northern Belgium), and alerted the emergency services. when his partner, 69 years old, He lost consciousness after feeling unwell.

The paramedics could not save his life or the victim’s body. traces of narcotics were discoveredreported the Antwerp Prosecutor’s Office.

Bernard D. is being prosecuted for drug trafficking resulting in death and the investigation will reveal whether the ecstasy that the two men consumed was the cause of the British man’s death.

The diary 7sur7 There is a feeling of astonishment among the parishioners of Kalmthout, who claim that they knew nothing about his private life and regret that “has had to hide his (sexual) orientation throughout his life.”

“It’s incredible. I saw Bernard on Thursday, a few hours before the events. I didn’t notice anything. Nobody was aware of his orientation, his double life. In any case, it is an earthquake for the diocese,” says another priest quoted by this newspaper.