Skateboarding priest spreads the WORD

Of late priests have been in the news for all the wrong reasons, including kiddy fiddling and tik production. Thankfully- there has finally been a priest who is in the news for something totally legal and very Christian.

A Hungarian Roman Catholic priest from Budapest has become an overnight YouTube success with his distinctive method of spreading the gospel on a skateboard. The Reverend Zoltan Lendvai, 45, who lives and preaches in Redics, a small village on Hungary’s border with Slovenia, believes skateboarding can open the way to God for young people.

“Many times I have felt that this is the way I can bring many people a bit closer to Jesus,” he told Reuters.

Apparently three boys aged between 16 and 18 who had never attended church before started coming regularly after he showed them a few kickflips and ollies and the power the holy spirit gave him to do gnarly Tony Hawk type tricks.

The video of him in action has attracted close to 190 000 hits and now also has a music video version. I’m just waiting for his introduction as a character in the next Tony Hawk pro skateboarding game on the Xbox and PS3- I know I’d pick him and sprinkle holy water on my foes as I kickflipped my way through some awesome halfpipes.

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