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Police arrest Conan O'Brian's "priest stalker"
BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Boston priest who referred to himself as "your priest stalker" has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead, contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The Rev. David Ajemian, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston, was taken into custody last week while trying to enter a taping session of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" at New York's Rockefeller Plaza, said Barbara Thompson, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan prosecutor's office.
Ajemian referred to himself as "your priest stalker" in one note and complained of not being allowed in to see an earlier taping of the O'Brien show, court papers reveal.
"Is this the way you treat your most dangerous fans?" the note said.
The letters and e-mails started coming in September 2006 and continued after Ajemian was asked to stop and were "intended to cause annoyance and alarm," Thompson said.
"I want a public confession before I ever consider giving you absolution ? or a spot on your couch," wrote Ajemian, who signed the notes "Padre," Thompson said.
Ajemian also has been in contact with O'Brien's parents, Thompson said.
The Boston Archdiocese said in a statement that Ajemian had been placed on leave and was no longer allowed to minister publicly. O?Brien has participated in fundraising activities for the archdiocese.
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