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"This law makes it illegal to do things that are not wrong, like go to church," says Glen Gerding, Nichols' attorney. "When does the state stop interfering with a church's business? Will pastors be charged as an accessory for letting a known sex offender sit in a front-row...
Parker says the law was so vague that she couldn't offer advice, but she did put out the word to defense attorneys that should they wind up representing someone accused of breaking the law, the ACLU wanted to hear about it. Nichols' March apprehension is one of two religion...
Nichols, who was convicted of indecent liberties with a teenage girl (he was 20 at the time) and attempted second-degree rape, had prayed at Moncure Baptist Church in Moncure, N.C., where he was living, for several months before the police paid attention. Oddly enough, Nichols inadvertently outed himself, calling...
But he wasn't about to give up on God. Nichols credits religion with keeping him out of trouble. He had attended church sporadically before he went to prison; now he goes twice a day and three times on Sundays. "Church helps me to not live my old ways," says...
Pastor Grace Kim welcomed Nichols to her church, which has no nursery on site and no children who attend the twice-daily services. "We want to try to give everyone a chance to rehabilitate, no matter their background." (See the top 10 religion stories of 2008.)