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One of my newsfeeds sent me this item on a horrifying story that sounds like it was ripped from the pages of the Old Testament-- or a typical major motion picture plot:

Preacher killed wife, stuffed body in freezer, police say

• Story Highlights
• Anthony Hopkins denied bail at initial court appearance
• Preacher is charged with murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and incest
• He was arrested after delivering sermon at his Alabama church
• Case began when daughter told police she'd been sexually bused

Small ironies:
Anthony Hopkins is also the name of the actor who played Hannibal Lechter, fictional serial killer and cannibal.
Police allowed Hopkins to finish his sermon before arresting him.
The sermon topic was forgiveness and not passing judgment -- at one point, he turned to his seven children and asked them for forgiveness.

The police, acting as agents of a secular government agency, showed due respect for the First Amendment rights of the alleged murderer and child abuser, I think. Oh well...I'm working on the forgiveness and not passing judgment thing myself. And I haven't killed anyone.
Here's the story.

tags: religion crime irony