Priest ‘shaken’ after fake funeral with paid actors, horse-drawn hearse

In a startling incident at the London Oratory Roman Catholic church in South Kensington, England, Fr. Rupert McHardy was confronted with a funeral that seemed like any other until it was revealed to be an elaborate hoax. The service, planned for a young Latvian man, turned into a scene of confusion and disbelief as the truth unfolded.