Irish Priest Ruins Olympic Marathon #shorts

Cornelius "Neil" Horan is a laicised Irish Roman Catholic priest who is noted for his interference with the running of the 2003 British Grand Prix and the 2004 Summer Olympics men's marathon in order to promote his religious belief that the end times are near.

Interviews:

[mohssen]

"and I apologized for possibly depriving him of the gold medal"
You didn't POSSIBLY deprive him of the gold medal you deprived him of the gold medal

[gooseharbinger]

The priest didn’t believe in aliens, he believed he was gonna lose money if that guy came in first

[Jonathans_opinions]

That is so messed up, they should have subtracted 30 seconds off his time for being taken hostage, and another 30 sec for the energy spent fighting the kidnapper off

[acr]

I met that priest a few years back outside my work in london. He is nuts

[TheNemeton]

Let's ask the real question...
The fuck do aliens have to do with grabbing a guy running a marathon.

[classmst]

Dudes more forgiving than i ever would have been

[violin]

for what it's worth, Vanderlei De Lima was awarded the Pierre De Coubertin medal for the manner in which he handled the situation. As of today, 17 May 2023, less than 50 people have been awarded that medal ever since it was first awarded in 1997

[natethegreat]

He should have won the Gold and the Olympic committee fined big time for failing to protect him.

[johndurrer]

It’s not just the 30 seconds. The altercation surely took even more energetic out of him

[mikejawid]

The fact that the organizers denied him the gold medal destroyed the marathon’s authenticity and spirit.

[chiefgangmusic]

The Priest still stalks him til him til this day just to ask him “Hey are you still mad?” “I know I completely ruined your one chance at ever winning a gold medal for your entire country but I said I was sorry”. “You still don’t believe me?” “I said was sorry”

[Ultradude]

I remember this. I remember his face. He was crying. Not because he was physically hurt, but you know why he was crying. That man who pushed him was an a hole.

[anlfrat]

If he didn't sue that priest, he is more of a God's man than that priest was.( Thanks for the 5k response people)

[raulbass]

As a Brazilian I can tell you this priest united our country... Every brazilian wanted to lay hands on him for just 5 minutes 😂

[brappertrapper]

he denied him the gold medal and his reasoning was “I believe soon there will be an alien that will take over the world”??? WHAT??? someone needs to seriously check this man into a mental asylum before he hurts someone.

[omicronus]

Sometimes you just gotta kick some people in the balls.

[adventurelife]

Imagine training your whole life for that gold medal and some idiot screws it up for you... that should be a prison sentence...

[alexdipaola]

My guess is that the priest bet a bunch of money on that guy not winning, and then he made up some crazy outerspace story as cover.

[nimascolari]

Reality is that he should have had the gold awarded to him and that psycho should have been put in jail.

[sergiocantu]

That priest is like a modern day leprechaun that takes gold away from people.