A pastor was caught on video describing the way he punched a younger member of his congregation for “not taking God serious.”
Eric Dammann describes an encounter with a kid named Ben, who Dammann describes as a “smart aleck.”
“We were outside one day at youth group one day and he was pushing my buttons not trying to take the Lord serious.
“And I walked over to him and I went ‘Bam’ and punched him right in the chest.
“I crumpled the kid, I just crumpled him. I leaned over him and said: ‘Ben, when are you going to stop playing games with God?’ I led that man to Lord right there. There’s times that might be needed.”
The pastor later told the DailyMail.com that he did not mean to endorse hitting children: “I would like to say that I do not endorse child abuse or ever will. My actions were inexcusable.”