Lebanon Woman Files Suit against Church, Says Pastor Assaulted Her

A Lebanon woman says her pastor verbally and physically assaulted her last June. Mary Leer, and her husband, Arnold, are filing suit against Pastor David Douglas and the Second Freewill Baptist Church. She says Douglas imprisoned her in a tiny room at the Church, near Tower Road and East Missouri 32, when she was the Church Treasurer. And, she’s asking for 125-thousand dollars in damages. Leer is the sister of Patsy Ann Starnes and Harold Armstrong Junior, who were charged with stealing money from the church in April.