A Louisiana pastor beat up a man who threatened to rape and kill his wife and grandchildren.

Pastor Tony Spell from Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge was arrested on Tuesday and charged with second-degree battery after he pummeled a 20-year-old man who lives across the street from the church.

The 20-year-old reportedly threatened the pastor’s family while he was in the front yard fixing a church bus.

After he bonded out, Pastor Spell went straight to his church and told congregants that he ‘laid hands on the sick,” referencing scripture.

“In my name, they shall lay hands on the sick. And they shall recover. So today, I fulfilled the scripture. I laid hands on the sick. I don’t know how much recovery they’re going to have, but I laid hands on the sick,” Pastor Spell said from the pulpit to applause, WAFB reported.

WAFB reported:

Speaking from the Life Tabernacle Church, where he serves as faith leader, Pastor Spell repeated the alleged threats he says the neighbor hurled at his family.

Pastor Spell said the neighbor told him, “I’m going to rape your wife. I’m going to rape your children, and the next time you’re out of town, I’m going to kill them. Now what are you going to do about it?”

Church members also alleged the neighbor had bullied and yelled insults at them, which included racial slurs.

According to a source with the Central Police Department, Spell’s claims and complaints have not been fully investigated. Sources tell WAFB that police have only received one incident report involving Spell’s family and the neighbors.

In his first church service after being released from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Pastor Tony Spell spoke from the pulpit, alluding to the confrontation as “domestic terrorism.”

Pastor Tony Spell was arrested for second-degree battery on Tuesday, June 23, accused of attacking a 20-year-old man who lives across the street from the church.

Pastor Spell bonded out and went straight to his church.

Video shows Pastor Spell approaching the 20-year-old man and quickly taking him to the ground.

The pastor repeatedly punched the man and threw his phone in the street.

The young man was taken to the hospital and received stitches on his chin.

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