Priest Pleads Guilty to Making Date-Rape Drug
> Wed May 22, 5:23 PM ET
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> DAVENPORT, Iowa (Reuters) - A 31-year-old Roman Catholic priest pleaded
> guilty on Wednesday to conspiring with five other men to manufacture and
> distribute the illegal drug commonly known as the "date-rape drug."
>
>
> Rev. Jeffrey Windy of rural central Illinois admitted to the scheme to
make
> gamma hydroxybutyrate, or GBH, which is called the date-rape drug because
it
> can incapacitate its user and is used in sexual assaults on unsuspecting
> victims.
>
> Windy, who was suspended from his priestly duties when he was arrested
last
> year, remained free on bond after his appearance before U.S. District
Court
> Judge Harold Vietor. He could face up to 20 years in prison and $1 million
> in fines at his Aug. 22 sentencing.
>
> Prosecutors said undercover agents bought the drug from Windy's
conspirator
> Timothy O'Brien, 34, and that he and Windy were seen making the drug. One
of
> the drug's ingredients was delivered to a church where Windy worked in
> Sheffield, Illinois.
>
> At the time of Windy's arrest, prosecutors said he was apparently driven
by
> greed after witnessing the immense profits available from the drug's sale.