The leader of Roman Catholics in Bermuda expressed dismay about the motives behind the spray-painting of anti-Freemason graffiti on walls outside St. Theresa Cathedral last week.

Bishop Robert Kurtz said Catholic church has nothing to do with the secretive society. The misspelled graffiti ? which called Freemasons a slang word for homosexuals ? had to be painted over twice.

"This is an individual with a problem," Bishop Kurtz said. "This is not a sinister plot. I don't know what the connection is. The Rector of the Cathedral called the Police who investigated it. That should discourage them not to make it a billboard for their deluded advertisements."

Officially the Roman Catholic church holds that the principles of freemasonry are irreconcilable with the doctrine of the church. Catholics are forbidden to be members and the church has denounced freemasonry for roughly 300 years.

Bishop Kurtz said there no real connection between Catholicism and freemasonry but he heard some Masonic Lodges had also been vandalised. It was previously reported that the Freemasons Hall on Reid Street was targeted in February when a concrete block with anti-masonic messages was thrown through a window.

"I have never seen anything like it," the Bishop said. "I don't know why they are focusing on us. This individual may have a problem."

An Ord Road man admitted having cannabis on Reid Street in October, however, denied forging cheques in August in Magistrates' Court last week.

Goran Lewin Williams, 24, of Paget, pleaded guilty of possessing cannabis on October 29, 2005. Crown counsel Paula Tyndale said at 1.02 a.m. that day Police saw Williams on Reid Street.

Acting on a tip, Police searched Williams and found a clear plastic twist containing 2.06 grams of cannabis. "Man, that ain't nothing," Williams told Police.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined Williams $500 or 50 days in prison in default. However, Williams pleaded not guilty of stealing five Bank of Bermuda cheques from Shalimar Williams on August 25, 2005, in Paget. He also denied forging the cheques in his favour and cashing them for $173 on August 29, 2005.

Mr. Warner released Williams on $2,000 bail with one surety for trial on April 28. Williams was also ordered to pay $700 in old fines.

A Bailey's Bay man must pay $2,440 after he smashed up his father's home with a hammer after drinking.

Leigh Eugene Swann Hall, 21, of North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty of causing wilful damage to property at a Bailey's Bay home on March 6. In Magistrates' Court last Tuesday, Crown counsel Anthony Blackman said there was a strained relationship between Hall and his family as there had been a history of constant verbal and physical abuse.

When Police arrived at 11 p.m., they discovered Hall damaging several items ? including a fridge, the windscreen and front side windows of a car, a dresser, two blinds and two pieces of glass in the kitchen, the prosecutor said. "Police spoke to the defendant who was still agitated, smelled strongly of intoxicants and was uncooperative," Mr. Blackman said.

Damage to the fridge cost $1,200, he said, while damage to other property was valued at $1,040. Hall also pleaded guilty of using threatening behaviour at the same date and time to his father Lee Hall, namely ? "I should kill that f***ing guy. Man f*** him. All my life I had a violent home. It was not a machete. It was a hammer."

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner asked Hall whether he went after his father with a hammer and smashed up the place to get to him and Hall agreed. "I was frustrated," he said.

Mr. Warner fined Hall $200 and ordered him to pay $2,240 restitution by April 14. There was no separate fine handed down for using threatening behaviour, he said. "I suggest you stay away from that place," Mr. Warner said. "You should pay it and stay out of the way."

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined a drunk driver $1,000 and banned him from driving all vehicles for 12 months in Magistrates' Court last Monday.

Paul Robert Davies, 32, of Huntley Lane, Sandys, pleaded guilty of impaired driving on December 8, 2005 on Malabar Road. Crown counsel Paula Tyndale said Police attended a single vehicle road-traffic-collision on Malabar Road at 6.32 p.m. Police spoke to Davies whose breath smelled of liquor and his eyes were glazed.

"I had about four drinks," Davies told Police. Davies' blood was found to possess 141 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.