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   Priest accused of stalking Conan O'Brien   
      
   By SAMANTHA GROSS, Associated Press Writer   
      
   A priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk show host   
   Conan O'Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead,   
   contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said   
   Wednesday.   
      
   The Rev. David Ajemian, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston, was arrested   
   last week while trying to enter a taping session of NBC's "Late Night with   
   Conan O'Brien" at New York's Rockefeller Plaza, said Barbara Thompson, a   
   spokeswoman for the Manhattan prosecutor's office.   
      
   Ajemian referred to himself as "your priest stalker" in one note and   
   complained of not being allowed in to see an earlier taping of the O'Brien   
   show, court papers say.   
      
   "Is this the way you treat your most dangerous fans?" the note said.   
      
   The letters and e-mails, which started coming in September 2006, continued   
   even after Ajemian was asked to stop and were "intended to cause annoyance   
   and alarm," Thompson said. Ajemian also has been in contact with O'Brien's   
   parents, Thompson said.   
      
   "I want a public confession before I ever consider giving you absolution —   
   or a spot on your couch," wrote Ajemian, who signed the notes "Padre,"   
   Thompson said.   
      
   The priest could face up to a year in prison if convicted of aggravated   
   harassment and stalking.   
      
   The Boston Archdiocese said in a statement that Ajemian had been placed on   
   leave and was no longer allowed to minister publicly. O'Brien has   
   participated in fundraising activities for the archdiocese.   
      
   O'Brien is not commenting, an NBC spokesman said.   
      
   A telephone message left Wednesday night at St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena   
   Church in Boston, which Ajemian gave as his address, was not immediately   
   returned.   
      
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