Father John Cootes is not a regular Catholic priest, he's a cool priest. This Australian Rugby League playing, furniture chain owning, high diving, plane flying, muscle having man of the cloth wanted to beef up his resume, so he released an album. Obviously.

Show notes:

John Cootes furniture warehouse TV ad from 1990

Photo of John Cootes during a CEO sleepout event (plus article)

Speech from being awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia

Another football player turned singer - Will Clift