Hosanna Church, huh? Nice front for a coven. Yuck.
Fendlason said the younger Lamonica, while his father was pastor, was a "good fellow" who played bass guitar, taught Sunday school and worked with youth groups. Some of the other defendants also were active in the church.
After Fendlason resigned as pastor, he said he stayed out of the church's business for fear of disrupting the congregation, but heard that Lamonica, who became pastor in 1994, excommunicated many members, including members of his own family, and increasingly made the church more isolated.
Wow, a preacher's kid! I hope he repents for this.
there is a fair amount of pagan and satanic behavior going on...always has been...always will be.
No matter what turns out in court, Fendlason said he believes "there will be another day" for the now-empty church building.
"I believe in the redemptive power of the Lord to make a positive of that situation," he said. "I don't believe the devil will obtain a victory."
The accused were not witches. There is some indication of devil worship, but that is different from Wicca.
There's a good start; should be more prevalent in this country.
I noted a couple of posts referring to voodoo: My mother lived in Lafayette, LA for several years, and once on her way out the door noticed some kind of powder someone had sprinkled on her front stoop. She swept it off and went on to work.
When she came home, she saw the powder again. Familiar with funny local attitudes, she went inside and got a large handful of sugar, then walked backwards all the way around her house, sprinkling it as she went. She said she felt silly as hell doing it, but she never saw anymore of the powder.
I'm absolutely stunned and almost speechless. How can this sort of thing be going on for so long right under everyone's noses? Those poor children had to have been threatened with the worst kind of torture if they told anyone.
For pagan mysticists, it's apparently a question of just how mystical and spiritual they want to get. Yuck!