'You don't know who you're messing with': Vatican priest caught in red light district after police chase

03.10.09, DAILY MAIL (UK). A Vatican priest led police on a high speed car chase leaving three officers injured after being caught in a red light zone, a court has heard. Father Cesare Burgazzi, 51, said he 'floored' his Ford Focus car after he mistook the plain clothes officers who tried to flag him down during a spot check as robbers. During the twenty minute early hours chase - which was described in court as "like something from a Hollywood movie" two police cars crashed and three police left injured. The court in Rome heard that Father Burgazzi was a priest who worked at the Vatican's State Department and was also a master of ceremonies at St Peter's Basilica. Father Burgazzi is accused of wounding, resisting arrest and failing to produce documents for the car or his identity when stopped.