Pastor Beats up Neighbor

rockytopva · Jun 25, 2026

I would say... Good for him!

Central’s police chief denies Pastor Spell’s claims that law enforcement failed to keep the peace

Spell claimed the young man living across the street from the church threatened to sexually assault his wife and grandchildren and kill members of his family.

www.wafb.com

RileyG · Jun 25, 2026

rockytopva said:
I would say... Good for him!

Central’s police chief denies Pastor Spell’s claims that law enforcement failed to keep the peace

Spell claimed the young man living across the street from the church threatened to sexually assault his wife and grandchildren and kill members of his family.

www.wafb.com

Yikes! If that is true, I hope that young man gets the help he needs.

MarcusGregor · Jun 25, 2026

Assuming what the guy was saying is being reported accurately I don't really blame the pastor for wanting to confront him, but his actions during the altercation and statements he made to his congregation immediately following put him in hot water IMO.

This isn't a self-defense case. Even though it looks like the guy threw the first punch, the pastor approached him aggressively and at one point during the altercation appears to be trying to break the guy's neck. And then he practically brags about it to his congregation even quoting scripture in weird attempt to justify it.

He lost control. He might get off with a sympathetic jury, but he should just face it head-on and let it play out.

rockytopva · Jun 25, 2026

We will have to see how all of that pans out. Everyone involved deserves due process of law.

ThatRobGuy · Jun 25, 2026

RileyG said:
Yikes! If that is true, I hope that young man gets the help he needs.

For some reason this brought back the memory of the Charlie Murphy/Rick James Chappelle show sketch. (I can't link it due to language)

Eddie: "Wow man, Rick really needs help"
Charlie: "Yo!, we just gave him some help!, bust his..... bet he won't come disrespect like that again"

Tuur · Jun 25, 2026

The time: 1940s or 1950s. The place: a local church. It was summer, the windows were open, and a man who was called on to pray knelt at the end of the pew by the window. Whereupon a prankster outside threw a dirt clod that landed right in the man's mouth.

The man sputtered, said, "Excuse me, Lord, but I've gotta beat that so-and-so," leaped out the window. and took off after him.

rockytopva · Jun 25, 2026

Pastor claims he fulfilled scripture by laying hands on the sick...

‘I fulfilled the scripture. I laid hands on the sick,’ Pastor Tony Spell confessed to his congregation

Pastor Spell went straight from prison to the pulpit after his arrest.

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rockytopva · Jun 25, 2026

Seems like a good church!

Life Tabernacle Church | Apostolic Teaching | Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Pastor Tony Spell, Sis. Shaye, and the Life Tabernacle family welcome you to worship with us Sundays at 10am and 6:30pm (CST) and Tuesdays at 7:30pm (CST). If you need a ride, let us know.

www.ltcbr.com

rockytopva · Jun 25, 2026

When I first read the news I read the interview where the pastor was saying he was protecting his church and family. In which I am not against a man protecting his household. Now in diving in to the fine details there is much more to the story. So I am not as sure. We will have to see how the story pans out. Hopefully the pastor has all his bases covered and his story straight as he may be in for some lawsuits.

rambot · Jun 25, 2026

I can understand wanting to protect his family, if indeed, that is what he is doing.

But, he is same some really strange stuff that doesn't seem overly congruent with Jesus' gospel.

Kinda makes me wonder:
In a legal sense, what is the place to draw the line for a "religious belief or practice"?

Servus · Jun 26, 2026

Pastor Spell is in for big trouble. His defense argument is pretty weak.

Tuur · Jun 26, 2026

rockytopva said:
When I first read the news I read the interview where the pastor was saying he was protecting his church and family. In which I am not against a man protecting his household. Now in diving in to the fine details there is much more to the story. So I am not as sure. We will have to see how the story pans out. Hopefully the pastor has all his bases covered and his story straight as he may be in for some lawsuits.

It sounds like an ol' fashioned feud. Crossing the road to administer an "attitude adjustment" isn't protecting anything.

wing2000 · Jun 26, 2026

rockytopva said:
When I first read the news I read the interview where the pastor was saying he was protecting his church and family. In which I am not against a man protecting his household. Now in diving in to the fine details there is much more to the story. So I am not as sure. We will have to see how the story pans out. Hopefully the pastor has all his bases covered and his story straight as he may be in for some lawsuits.

...as is often the case (much more to the story).

It seems there was a long history of conflict between the two parties. What steps did this pastor take to de-confict the relationship?

iluvatar5150 · Jun 26, 2026

The cops have been called to this guy's house four times in four years? Something tells me he's hardly innocent in all of this.

RDKirk · Jul 3, 2026

Spells claims he was protecting his family from a threat of future danger while he was traveling.

There's no such thing as self-defense from a threat of future danger. If that's what you're worried about, you call the police.

There's no such thing as self-defense causing you to cross four lanes of traffic to pummel someone for bad words. Frankly, in Florida, the other guy would have been on good grounds of self-defense to have shot Spells.

iluvatar5150 · Jul 3, 2026

Body camera video shows Pastor Tony Spell using slur

New law enforcement body camera video of Central Pastor Tony Spell has been released, showing him using a slur.

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Servus · Jul 4, 2026

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