Nation In Brief : WEST VIRGINIA : Man With Shotgun Robs Congregation
From Times staff and Wire reports
A man armed with a sawed-off shotgun entered the Faith Way Baptist Church in Philippi, W. Va., and robbed the 132-member congregation of about $500 as they lay on the floor amid the pews. No one was hurt. “For some reason I just thought it was a prank,” said the pastor, the Rev. Downing Gregory. “I didn’t believe him to be serious about it. All of the sudden, my associate started praying on the platform there with me and then I realized, ‘I think we’re in trouble.’ ”
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