KLAS-TV Channel 8 News Las VegasFired Pastor's Church Vandalized
(Aug. 4) -- A valley church that fired its pastor was vandalized Tuesday night. Church members of the Greater Saint James Baptist Church found the mess when they went to the church.
A storage area near the altar was trashed, the kitchen was ransacked and an office was vandalized. Door locks were glued and some audio and visual equipment is missing.
Mother Thelma Simpson, church member, said, "You just want to cry, cry, cry. You work hard. Not me, I'm retired. But these young people put their monies in and it's disgusting that you put your money in and nothing is going right and God's house is supposed to be house of love."
The former pastor of the church, Gary Hunter, showed up with police, but would not talk on camera. He was voted out Sunday by his congregation after church members accused him of embezzlement and sexual harrassment. Hunter disputes those claims.
Church members call the vandalism and the timing of it suspicious. Police have not named any suspects.
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