How estate agent became a sexy priest

Priests and estate agents are rarely mistaken for each other. The former have signed a contract with the Lord, while the latter, it is widely thought, are more likely to be in league with the devil.

But in next year's Calendario Romano, which annually features 12 sexy priests, that is what has happened.

The calendar, compiled and sold (without the approval of the Vatican) by the Italian photographer Piero Pazzi every year since 2004, features David Ruiz Suárez as "Father March". Unfortunately Ruiz is neither Italian, nor a priest; he is in fact a 24-year-old estate agent from Seville, in southern Spain.



When Ruiz learnt that he appeared in the calendar he said he was surprised. "People who don't know me are going to think I am a priest," he said, adding that he did not even know that his picture had been taken.

It seems that when Pazzi visited Seville during its Easter week processions two years ago, he confused Ruiz for a priest and snapped him in the street.

The photographer says that, after taking Ruiz's picture (in the calendar he is seen eating a piece of cake in what has been described as a sensual manner) he did not want to interrupt the procession to check he was a priest and get his details.

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