Caress me, Father, for I have sinned.<\/p>\n
A shirtless Brazilian priest was caught hiding the fianc\u00e9e of one of his parishioners under a bathroom sink \u2014\u00a0but the clergyman claimed the woman was only taking a shower.<\/p>\n
The Rev. Luciano Braga Simplicio was confronted by a group of angry men inside the parish house of Our Lady of Aparecida Parish as the furious groom-to-be unleashed a spirited outburst.<\/p>\n
The Rev. Luciano Braga Simplicio was found shirtless in the parish house with the fianc\u00e9e of one of his parishioners in Brazil, on Oct. 13, 2025.<\/p>\n
The unholy situation unfolded on Oct. 13, in the 5,000-person town of Nova Maring\u00e1 in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 300 miles east of the Bolivian border.<\/p>\n
The priest, wearing only gym shorts, attempted to leave the room several times, but was blocked and ordered to open a door that the mob believed the missing fianc\u00e9e was behind.<\/p>\n
Simplicio had allegedly snuck the woman to his home next to the church in the early morning when her fianc\u00e9 was out of town, according to the community blog Pelo Bem de S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9.<\/a><\/p>\n The confrontation appeared to shock the priest, who looked confused as he was yelled at in front of his clerical clothing and other religious objects.<\/p>\n Simplicio knocked on the door several times, pushing back the man behind the camera to no avail, according to a viral video posted online.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old woman was found wearing a tank top and shorts underneath the bathroom sink.<\/p>\n Simplicio is the head of Our Lady of Aparecida Parish in Nova Maring\u00e1 in the state of Mato Grosso.<\/p>\n The simple knocking wasn\u2019t cutting it for the enraged man, who instead grabbed a stool and broke into the locked bedroom. The fianc\u00e9 ran up to another closed door and again broke it open using the wooden stool.<\/p>\n Inside the bathroom, they found the missing 21-year-old fianc\u00e9e hiding underneath the sink.<\/p>\n The unidentified woman was pulled out from the vanity and revealed to be wearing only a tank top and shorts as she lay on the floor crying.<\/p>\n Both the woman and the priest denied having any sexual relations.<\/p>\n Simplicio claimed the woman was in his bathroom because she needed a shower after a long day of working at the church, according to Brazilian outlet Termometro da Policita.<\/a> <\/p>\n The scandalous video went viral, causing rifts in the small town.<\/p>\n Officials in the Diocese of Diamantino, which oversees Simplicio and Our Lady of Aparecid, opened an internal investigation into the priest\u2019s alleged actions.<\/p>\n The woman\u2019s foot stuck out into the bathroom as her fianc\u00e9 broke into the room.<\/p>\n The woman filed a police report, noting that the now-viral video was improperly disseminated after the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cWe communicate that, with the good of the Church and the people of God in mind, all the necessary canonical measures are already being duly taken. We ask for everyone\u2019s understanding and prayers,\u201d the diocese said. <\/p>\n The investigation will determine if Simplicio violated the 1983 Code of Canon Law prohibiting priests of the Latin church from engaging in affective or sexual relations, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n The woman filed a police report, noting that the now-viral video was improperly disseminated after the incident.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t