Alcohol theft cut short Cruise ambition to become Catholic priest

Tom Cruise was asked to leave a seminary after being caught stealing alcohol.

Alcohol theft cut short Cruise ambition to become Catholic priest

Tom Cruise was asked to leave a seminary after being caught stealing alcohol.

The 'All You Need is Kill' actor - who is now one of the most famous followers of the Church of Scientology - had his heart set on becoming a Catholic priest when he was a teenager but his ambitions were cut short when it was suggested he didn't return to St. Francis Seminary in Cincinnati after just two years.

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