Lawyer: Worshipers routed church

Parish president says parish bought the property from the church
Opelousas attorney Elbert Guillory speaks at the St. Landry Parish Aministrative-Finance Committee meeting on Thursday in Opelousas. Seated, at right, is the Rev. Kerney Thomas, pastor of the Opelousas Life Church. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Opelousas attorney Elbert Guillory speaks at the St. Landry Parish Aministrative-Finance Committee meeting on Thursday in Opelousas. Seated, at right, is the Rev. Kerney Thomas, pastor of the Opelousas Life Church. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Opelousas lawyer Elbert Guillory charged that worshipers in a country club converted into a church that was sold to the parish were routed from a service on Dec. 29. “This past Sunday, an officer went into a church, gun on his hip, hand on his gun, and chased the people out, who had come there to worship. And they were just setting up, the musicians, the pastor, and he chased them out. There may b…