Pastor ends up in strip club. Could he be lying when he says he didn’t know how he got there?
"No way would a pastor end up in a strip club. No way could he not know how he got there!"
This summed up the country's reaction when upstate New York pastor Craig Rhodenizer went missing, only to be discovered 36 hours later at a strip club in Northern Ohio two states and 400 miles west. Most people were "scratching their heads...trying to figure out what happened" and couldn't believe he was "playing dumb" in not remembering. Yet, the events are perfectly comprehensible when viewed through the lens of alcoholism.
A bottle of rum was found in his car. Strippers at the club said that Rhodenizer spent two hours downing three or four drinks (anyone doubt he was already plastered?), soliciting dances ...