“If people can confess on Oprah, Phil and Geraldo, I don’t see why they can’t confess right here on Eighth Avenue.”
So said Father Anthony Joseph, a Dominican priest from San Bernadino who pedaled a confessional booth mounted on the back of a tricycle to the Democratic National Convention in New York City in July of 1992.
Portofess, as the confessional was called, provided “religion on the move for people on the go”.
A manifesto hand out stated: “The Church must take a more aggressive stance. The Church must go where the sinners are!”
Father Joseph (a.k.a. Joey Skaggs) designed, and with the help of friends, built an ornate confessional booth. He had a tricycle custom designed by Worksman Cycles to haul the booth. It had solid rubber tires so there would be no concern of a flat tire, and special gearing for a quick getaway if necessary.
He bought a full priest cassock from a catalog and became a card carrying minister with a $36 license from the American Fellowship Church.
Father Joseph wanted to make it easier for the politicians to free their souls by confessing their sins.
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