Maybe the devil made them do it.
About 15 women came to blows at the First Baptist Church during an argument over a former pastor. Four were charged with assault and battery."They all attacked us. The aunts, the sisters, the mamas. Everybody attacked," trustee Shepell Adams said.
Witnesses said the fight Sunday was over the Rev. Albert Jones, who resigned as pastor Feb. 26. Some church members accuse him of misusing more than $200,000 of a construction endowment.
Several Jones supporters were accused of making loud, derogatory noises Sunday while the Rev. Keith Pittman, a Jones opponent, was speaking from the pulpit.
The dispute spilled into a hallway, where the fight broke out. The four women charged with assault are Jones opponents.
Adams and another Jones supporter were treated for cuts and bruises. Adams said her 1-year-old daughter also was bruised.