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you know me. i’m always up for a good laugh at the expense of the church. sheesh. we take ourselves waaaaaaay to serious most of the time.
this story, though, falls into that category of TMI about the church. stuff we really don’t want made public. kind of like your crazy uncle eddie that you try to distance yourself from at public functions. one thing you can always count on: the church to provide stories that are truly stranger than fiction.
MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama — A minister of music at a church in the St. Elmo community Tased the pastor who had just fired him Sunday, touching off a fight and various knife slashings, according to the Sheriff’s Office.Mobile County deputies were called just after 1 p.m. to New Welcome Baptist Church in the 8600 block of Boe Road.The mayhem erupted when the Rev. Darryl Riley told minister of music Simone Moore that he was no longer needed and gave him a final paycheck, the Sheriff’s Office reported.Moore disagreed with the amount of the check and an argument broke out, in which Moore wielded a Taser gun, according to the account given to deputies.Several church members became involved, including Agolia Moore, the music minister’s mother, who suffered a stab wound at the hands of a deacon, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The deacon was identified as Harvey Hunt.People hurt in the fight were treated at a hospital and released to go home, officials said.A warrant for second-degree assault was signed on Moore, while Hunt was the subject of a warrant alleging third-degree assault.Moore and Riley told dueling versions of the events to a Press-Register reporter who spoke with them Monday.Moore, with bandages on his forehead and right hand, acknowledged that he had a Taser, but denied using it on Riley.When asked why he was carrying a Taser on Sunday, Moore said, “I didn’t trust the situation.”Moore said he was ready to leave as minister of music, but wanted to give two weeks notice and get paid for that time. He maintained that the chairman of the deacon board agreed to that arrangement.
you know…i’m thinking that packing a little taser heat might not be a bad idea for dealing with some of the normal sunday morning north point dysfunction. i’m not sayin’ i don’t trust the situation, tho…
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