Two east Alabama arrested in rural church arson spree

You can look at their eyes and the way they have their goatees. They just look like satan Two men who authorities said dabbled in devil worship have been arrested in a rash of church arsons and vandalism in rural east Alabama , including scrawling on a Sunday school classroom wall: 'Teach children to worship Satan!!' Geoffrey Parquette and James Clark, both 21, were arrested Sunday and entered not guilty pleas Monday. Friends at least since high school, the two from the Smiths community in Lee County were arrested after a stolen cross was found in Parquette's home and a family member alerted authorities, according to church members briefed by investigators. Read more

[Dereck]

James Clark is innocent.Everything the media says about him being a satanist is wrong. He is Agnostic, I guess in the bible belt that means satanist. The moment they published this,everyone thinks James is guilty. He messed up by knowing Geoff, that is all.

[Jerre]

I used to go to school with James, true he tends to act crazy, but thats was we all love abouth im. James wouldn't do something like this, I'd like to throw out a useful phrase here "guilty association".

[mdaley1008]

There will be more useful information coming out in the trial I would hope. You don't get arrested for being a "satanist".(Well, maybe in Alabama). But you do get share the crime when you join a partner to burn down a building. Unless James can prove that his partner held a gun to his head and forced him to work with him.

[Dereck]

Dereck wrote:

James Clark is innocent.Everything the media says about him being a satanist is wrong. He is Agnostic, I guess in the bible belt that means satanist. The moment they published this,everyone thinks James is guilty. He messed up by knowing Geoff, that is all.

Well James copped to it, but I still say he is not a satanist.