Remember that Tennessee pastor we told you about earlier this week? The one who ordered his deacons to assault his own gay son when he and his partner tried to come to church?
Seems like he’s in the news again. According to local ABC affiliate, WBBJ:
According to Trenton police, they recently arrested Pastor Jerry Pittman, of Fruitland’s Grace Fellowship Church, on charges of stealing from a local business.
“It’s hard enough nowadays to trust people and I just can’t believe that a pastor would even steal anything,” said Trenton resident Hayley Gordon.
Police arrested the 52-year-old on September 21, after his estranged wife told them she had heard from co-workers that he had been stealing from her business.
“Our investigation into the incident that was reported showed that he and another gentleman did scrap copper at a scrap yard here in Trenton,” Lt. James Wilson said.
Investigators said he scrapped the copper at least three different times since August. It was hundreds of pounds, and worth more than $1,000.
“It was quite a bit that they scrapped,” Wilson said.
And, shockingly enough, this “Christian” man has been in trouble with the law before:
This actually is not the first time Pittman has been arrested. Police said he was arrested back in 2006 for a simple assault charge.
“It was over an incident where the daughter and the boyfriend had a joint child,” Wilson said. “There were some accusations involving the father of the child, which was the boyfriend, and he confronted the father of his grandchild at a local grocery store.”
One would think that parishioners would prefer a non-criminal to be leading their church.
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