reverend lovejoy

One of the many characters of the American animated comedy sitcom The Simpsons.
Rev. Lovejoy is the minister at The First Church of Springfield—the Protestant church (from a fictitious branch called "presbylutheranism") in Springfield. Initially kind-hearted and ambitious, Lovejoy has become somewhat bitter and apathetic towards other people and religion because of Ned Flanders's chronic, over-the-top scrupulosity.
When the character was created, producer Sam Simon did not want Lovejoy to be a "cartoony hypocritical preacher" but rather "a realistic person who just happened to work as a minister," as recalled by writer Al Jean.