Louisiana pastor who erected third-largest cross in US busted for possession of meth

[Miles Archer]

Louisiana pastor who erected third-largest cross in US busted for possession of meth



https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/louisiana-pastor-erected-third-largest-cross-us-busted-possession-meth-report/

A pastor in Louisiana who erected the third-largest cross in America at his church is being held at the Bossier Maximum Security Facility after being arrested on methamphetamine charges, the Shreveport Times reported Friday.

Andy C. Harris, 56, was the senior pastor at The Church of the Cross, an Assemblies of God congregation where Harris had preached since 1996.

Church officials confirmed Harris resigned and deleted online references to Harris on the church’s website and social media accounts.

The former pastor had been living in a 3,519-square-foot home, according to property records. It was at his home that Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives allegedly discovered 3.4 grams of meth along with smoking and snorting paraphernalia.

“It was under Harris’ administration that the 199-foot-tall cross was erected on church property,” ArkLaTex reported. “The cross – which in the United States is only shorter than one in Corpus Christi, Texas (210′ and St. Augustine, Florida (208′ , was not without controversy.

[JDC]

1. The Lord works is methamphetamine ways I guess.

[JNelson6563]

2. Sounds about right.

The bigger the cross, the worse the asshole.

[TlalocW]

3. What - he couldn't make it an extra 12 feet

And take first place? THAT'S NOT 'MURICAN PUSSYING OUT LIKE THAT WHEN IT'S GOD!

TlalocW

[mountain grammy]

11. Ran out of $$$

Needed it for meth.

[TlalocW]

29. It's like a bake sale

Make some cookies* for yourself and some to sell!

*cookies = meth

TlalocW

[lunasun]

4. High on Jesusmeth . Wonder if he grifted to get that 3500sq ft. Home?

[AJT]

8. Preaching that prosperity gospel.

[Ilsa]

5. I wonder if trump wants him put to death or give him a mulligan? nt

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

26. I had a great post, but I've been given a "second warning" from DU about saying something that might

offend someone's sensibilities, so I'll just have to chuckle about it to myself.

[workinclasszero]

6. Not only a pastor

but a good republican too I bet. SMH

[Fullduplexxx]

7. Why Im shocked SHOCKED to find hypocrisy from the god-fearin family-values crowd

[workinclasszero]

9. IKR?

x 10000000000000 to infinity and beyond!

[old guy]

10. Ya just can't make this stuff up!

[Wounded Bear]

12. Really? Someone keeps track of the biggest cross in the US?

Yeah, someone has too much time on their hands.

[dalton99a]

14. It's hard to miss - at I-57 and I-70 in Illinois

[ProudLib72]

21. ...

Here's an equation I've worked out to 'splain this:

(Fucked up in the headedness X size of congregation) / Penis size = height of cross

You see, keeping statistics on the various heights of crosses provides extremely useful information. If we know the height of the cross, the size of the congregation, and the relative fucked up in the headedness, then we get the all important penis measurement.

[Freethinker65]

13. WWJS

[UpInArms]

15. Love how that church is attempting to erase his tenure there

They were prolly in the back room sampling his shit ... and now are scared ...

I hope they all rot

[Blue Owl]

16. I Cling to the Old Drugged Cross

n/t

[Wounded Bear]

20. Thread winner...

[moriah]

24. Definitely a DUzy....

Heard it in my head sung as I read it.

[Blue_true]

17. He was high on something alright. nt

[smirkymonkey]

18. I am convinced that all of these hyper-religious, outspoken types

have some serious skeletons in their closets. Like Bill Maher says, I can't prove it, but I just know it.

[weissmam]

19. just think how many people he could feed with what that cross cost

[ProudLib72]

22. Let those without sin cast the first rock...

of crystal meth my way.

[hunter]

23. If it was my cross and I was creating my own Christian religion I'd hang a dancing tube man on it.

wikipedia

[Devil Child]

25. Nothing warms the cockles of my heart like a fundie being exposed as a hypocrite

Harris told deputy sheriffs about the meth during an in-office interview for an unrelated investigation. Harris was not a suspect in that investigation, which had been ongoing for a few days, said Bill Davis, the department's public information officer. Davis declined to say what the department had been investigating.

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/crime/2018/03/09/benton-man-arrested-possession-meth/410682002/

You can trust in The Lord, but never trust a cop. Dumbass.

[muntrv]

27. He needed that meth to build that big cross, right?

[Codeine]

28. He went from Jesus Freak to Jesus Tweak. nt

[ellie]

30. Hahahahahahahahaha

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