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tinybear · May 30, 2005, 12:39 pm

The Devil's Handiwork?
A church laid waste by its pastor's bizarre behavior.
By Sarah Childress
Newsweek

Louis Lamonica walked into the sheriff's department in tiny Livingston, La., a few weeks ago and asked to speak with a detective. According to police, for almost the next two hours the middle-aged preacher, dressed casually in a green polo shirt and green slacks, proceeded to tell a story so sickening they could scarcely believe what they were hearing. He explained that he was the former pastor of Hosanna Church, a now defunct house of worship in nearby Ponchatoula. Matter-of-factly and without remorse, Lamonica said that he and other church members had molested children, and taught them to have sex with each other, as well as with a dog. He told the detectives that he drank cat blood, and poured it on the bodies of his young victims, according to Ponchatoula Police Chief David Vitter.

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I become increasingly of the view that some of the worst hypocrites tend to congregate inside churches and other places of worship. Do you have the same feeling?

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tinybear Volcanic Erupter Location: Hong Kong (for now) Posts: 7,016	Oh Dear Is This What's Happening In A Church? The Devil's Handiwork? A church laid waste by its pastor's bizarre behavior. By Sarah Childress Newsweek Louis Lamonica walked into the sheriff's department in tiny Livingston, La., a few weeks ago and asked to speak with a detective. According to police, for almost the next two hours the middle-aged preacher, dressed casually in a green polo shirt and green slacks, proceeded to tell a story so sickening they could scarcely believe what they were hearing. He explained that he was the former pastor of Hosanna Church, a now defunct house of worship in nearby Ponchatoula. Matter-of-factly and without remorse, Lamonica said that he and other church members had molested children, and taught them to have sex with each other, as well as with a dog. He told the detectives that he drank cat blood, and poured it on the bodies of his young victims, according to Ponchatoula Police Chief David Vitter. Read More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8017175/site/newsweek/ I become increasingly of the view that some of the worst hypocrites tend to congregate inside churches and other places of worship. Do you have the same feeling?