An update on the Seekers Temple in Beebe
There was a long thread on this here last summer: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218136141
Later there was a NYT article:
Pagan High Priest Finds Few Believers Inside an Arkansas City Hall
By RICHARD FAUSSET
JULY 28, 2014
... Meanwhile, Mr. Dahl said, members of the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church, including its founder and bishop, John Scheel, began harassing him, visiting the house numerous times to ask him to convert to Christianity, warning him of the “evil trickery of the Pagan Devil” and calling his number to play gospel music over the phone. The lighthouse was built between February and April; the rotating light, Mr. Dahl said, shone across his windows for weeks. On May 21, Mr. Dahl burst into the Lighthouse Church and complained, boisterously. A week later he was arrested by the Beebe police and charged with harassing communications and disorderly conduct. Mr. Dahl has pleaded not guilty ... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/us/arkansas-pagan-high-priest-finds-few-believers-inside-city-hall.html?_r=0
This January, Dahl accepted a plea-deal on the charges:
Jan. 15 - Today, according to Beebe City Attorney Scott Bles, the City of Beebe entered into a negotiated plea agreement with Mr. Bertram Dahl, whereby Mr. Dahl was convicted of Disorderly Conduct in Case CR 2014-502 in the White Co. Circuit Court. Mr. Dahl specifically waived his right to a jury trial. This conviction stems from Mr. Dahl’s behavior on or about May 21, 2014, at the Lighthouse Pentecostal Jesus Name Church in Beebe. Despite Mr. Dahl’s felony criminal history, including a felony conviction for Forgery ... the Church, which was the target and victim of Mr. Dahl’s criminal behavior, was in agreement with the negotiated plea ...