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# Cuffing the Preacher
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/3888/
- Published: 2006-02-07T18:46:26.000Z
- Updated: 2006-02-07T18:46:26.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Religion, #wpChunk

This took place in the normally-staid Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. I used to be a member. I'm pretty sure they have proper synod channels to deal with these issues, so I'm somewhat puzzled about the police's involvement:

> A Lutheran pastor who has been the focus of a church dispute between rival factions was arrested on a trespassing charge in the middle of his sermon.

> The Rev. Jimmy McCants, 54, was not handcuffed when police led him out of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on Sunday. He was booked on a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing and released in lieu of $1,000 bond.

> The church's board of directors told police they had fired McCants on Christmas Eve, and a woman affiliated with the church signed a complaint against him for trespassing on church property, said Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond.

[Link](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PASTOR%5FARRESTED?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=STRANGE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-02-07-06-38-59&ref=thedailyeudemon.com).