PRIEST LIVED IN ERECTORY

Probed for ‘orgies’

It’s hard out there for a . . . priest.

Italian authorities are investigating a Catholic priest from Padua who has been accused of hosting orgies in his rectory — and pimping out a stable of women.

Father Andrea Contin, 48, a parish priest at the Church of San Lazzaro, is under investigation for domestic violence and abetting prostitution after three female parishioners complained about his unholy behavior, according to local Italian media.

Authorities have already raided his rectory and seized a stash of sex toys, along with homemade porn videos of orgies that allegedly took place on church grounds.

The priest even disguised his videos with covers emblazoned with the names of various popes.

Contin (inset) is also accused of pimping out some of his lovers — which could amount to as many as 15 women — to other men on wife-swapping sites.

He lived lavishly as well, taking luxurious trips with the women across Europe, including a visit to a nudist village in the seaside resort town of Cap d’Agde, France.

Word of Contin’s less-than-priestly behavior got around to a local bishop last summer, but church officials wanted to finish their own investigation contacting the police.

Contin has not been arrested, and he is currently on vacation in Croatia. The parish has asked him to step down as the investigation continues, but “that does not amount to a conviction,” reads a statement written in Italian from the Diocese of Padua.

One 49-year-old church volunteer told local media she was one of the priest’s many lovers.

“There were a lot of women hovering around him,” she told Il Mattino di Padova newspaper. “I didn’t understand that at first, only later.”

The woman added that he had pursued her over the phone and sent her a “flood of messages. ” Eventually, they shared a kiss and started having sex all the time.

“It happened in the rectory and in different houses,” she said. “But I say no more because there are investigations. When? At all hours: Morning, afternoon, night. Always.”

Another woman told the Italian newspaper she initially turned to Contin for help when she was going through “personal and financial problems,” and after a few meetings, he made a move on her.

Eventually, he wanted more “extreme and violent sex,” she said. before