(AP) - Two men who authorities say dabbled in devil worship have been arrested in a rash of church arsons and vandalism in rural eastern Alabama.
Three church fires were set last week and a fourth was vandalized. The vandalism included scrawling on the wall of one church's Sunday school classroom: "Teach children to worship Satan!!"
Geoffrey Parquette and James Clark, both 21, have entered not guilty pleas. Neither had an attorney at their court appearance yesterday and both remain in custody.
The two were arrested after a stolen cross was found in Parquette's home and his grandmother alerted authorities, according to church members briefed by investigators.
Russell County Sheriff Tommy Boswell says the suspects called themselves "spiritual satanists."
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