Roman Catholic Priest Otto Weber needed cash for his Hirschstetten Parish in Vienna-Donaustadt, Austria, and had few ways to get it. Then he had an idea! He could go on eBay and offer up one of his confessional boxes for sale. He knew the box would be a hard item to sell so he offered up some ideas for alternate uses for the thing. It could be converted into a one person sauna, a small bar, or a children's playhouse, among other things.
Over two hundred offers were made, the largest being by some joker for 666 euros. For those who don't know, 666 is the biblical number of The Beast, the Antichrist.
Church authorities were not amused and told Weber that "it is not acceptable to sell objects used in administering a sacrament..."
If you're interested in reading more about this, go to Google or Bing (or your favorite search engine) and enter search parameters like "Austria & confessional & Vienna." On Google Search, I got 179 hits using this search set.
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