this was in today's news ... think this idiot will be protected as a 'church' also ... ???


Man Tells Court Sex With Boys is Sacred Ritual
Friday, August 04, 2006

CLEVELAND â?? A man accused of sexually assaulting nine boys with physical or mental disabilities told a judge that having sex with children is a sacred ritual protected by civil rights laws.

Phillip Distasio, who said he is the leader of a church called Arcadian Fields Ministries, represented himself at his pretrial hearing Wednesday. He is charged with 74 counts including rape, pandering obscenity to minors and corrupting another with drugs.

"I'm a pedophile. I've been a pedophile for 20 years," he said in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Wednesday. "The only reason I'm charged with rape is that no one believes a child can consent to sex. The role of my ministry is to get these cases out of the courtrooms."

Distasio said some of his congregants are among the victims in this case. Distacio, of Rocky River, is accused of molesting two disabled boys he tutored at his home and raping seven autistic boys at a Cleveland school for special-needs students where he was a teacher's aide. All but one of the victims were under 13. ... and so on ...

shit like this gives me a headache ....
the image reaper Reviewed by the image reaper on . Pot church takes a hit! Pot church takes a hit S. Arizona couple face prison for what they say is religious use of marijuana By Stephanie Innes Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.09.2006 PIMA â?? The Church of Cognizance, which has quietly operated here since 1991, has an unusual tenet â?? its worshippers deify and use marijuana as part of their faith. Until federal authorities charged them with possessing 172 pounds of their leafy green sacrament earlier this year, church founders Dan Rating: 5