A member of the clergy at St. Isabel Catholic Church on Sanibel Island gave police his bank card instead of his driver's license when he was stopped for driving under the influence late Saturday night.

Joseph R. Gates, 35, a parochial vicar at St. Isabel, was charged with driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level twice the legal state limit, according to a police report.

Gates was stopped by a Sanibel police officer as he was driving west near the church on Sanibel-Captiva Road shortly before midnight.

The officer said she saw a blue SUV swerving within the lane and touching the fog line and center line several times. A report from the Sanibel Police Department said the officer noted that when the SUV slowed to make a left turn into the church parking lot it drove wide, nearly driving into the ditch and barely missing a fire hydrant.

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After the cruiser's emergency lights were turned on, the SUV continued to drive through the parking lot, veering left, causing the rear driver side tire to run over the curb and finally pulling into a garage.

The Sanibel officer said Gate's eyes were bloodshot, watery and glassy, and as he looked for his driver's license he dropped his wallet twice, first pulling out a bank card before locating his driver license.

The officer also noted several indicators of potential impairment when she had Gates perform field sobriety exercises including walking heel-to-toe and a one-legged stand. Gates told the officer he had one drink Saturday.

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A blood alcohol test showed him with a level between 0.185 and 0.189. Florida legal DUI blood alcohol level is 0.08.

Gates was released on $1,000 bond Sunday and will be arraigned Aug. 19.

A statement from the Diocese of Venice said it was aware of the arrest, terming it an alleged DUI and saying the priest was returning from a personal social engagement.

"As the matter is pending, the Diocese will await the judicial outcome before further response," the statement concluded.

Another parish priest, the Rev. Christopher Senk, was placed on paid administrative leave three years ago after an investigation by the Lee County Sheriff's Office in which he was accused of exploiting a elderly parishioner.

A criminal investigation was sent to the state attorney's office but no charges were brought.

According to the Diocese, investigators interviewed a number of people, including Senk. The victim who Senk was accused of exploiting suffers from dementia. Personal records of Senk and the victim were subpoenaed for the investigation.

"Officials believed that Father Senk took advantage of his position of trust to financially exploit an elderly and vulnerable parishioner, and that he continued to do so even after family members, acting as appointed guardians, directed him to stop," a news release by the Diocese of Venice states.

Senk remains on paid leave.

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