This is from Wikipedia: As a younger man, Manning burgled homes, mostly on Long Island. He spent about three and a half years in prison in New York and Florida for burglary, robbery, larceny, criminal possession of a weapon, and other charges before his release in 1978. While in prison, he became a devout Christian.
yup......he talks about his past all the time.
I reacted the same way you are when I saw him for the first time.