MeganLove
09-25-2011, 09:48 AM
More than 30 people have been indicted after Phoenix police raid a church that they say was being used as a house of prostitution, MyFoxPhoenix.com reports.
Police arrested 18 people during Wednesday's raid at the Phoenix Goddess Temple. So far, 33 people have been indicted, most of them are employees.
One of the accuses says he is a spiritual warrior and a healer at the temple where he works, MyFoxPhoenix.com reports.
"To be raided in my church ... it's really sad to see what things have come down to," said 23-year-old Alex Averill.
Averill is in jail, accused of selling himself for sex at the church.
"I say people call me what you will, but at my church, I'm labeled a practitioner. At my church, I'm labeled a shaman," he said.
Averill has been working for the Temple for a year.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/10/arizona-temple-worker-accused-prostitution-calls-himself-spiritual-warrior/
Police arrested 18 people during Wednesday's raid at the Phoenix Goddess Temple. So far, 33 people have been indicted, most of them are employees.
One of the accuses says he is a spiritual warrior and a healer at the temple where he works, MyFoxPhoenix.com reports.
"To be raided in my church ... it's really sad to see what things have come down to," said 23-year-old Alex Averill.
Averill is in jail, accused of selling himself for sex at the church.
"I say people call me what you will, but at my church, I'm labeled a practitioner. At my church, I'm labeled a shaman," he said.
Averill has been working for the Temple for a year.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/10/arizona-temple-worker-accused-prostitution-calls-himself-spiritual-warrior/