Man Popped for Porn, Exposing Himself on Flight a Former Priest

DENVER (CO)
AVN

By AVN Staff

Sep 11th, 2012

DENVER—A 63-year-old Reno, Nevada man named Daniel Michael Drinan was arrested Saturday night at Denver International Airport for “lewd, indecent, or obscene acts in public aboard an aircraft,” according to a release issued by the Denver Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. A follow-up article published Tuesday in the Denver Post identified Drinan as a former Catholic priest who was disciplined in 2002 for alleged improper contact with a minor.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, “Drinan was on Southwest Flight 1998 en route from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Denver International Airport (DEN) when he allegedly sexually touched himself in full view of other passengers,” Following the issuance of the criminal complaint, which was obtained by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office Monday morning, Drinan was scheduled to appear during the afternoon in U.S. District Court in Denver.