Man Sitting In Church As "America's Most Wanted" Airs His Face

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Pastor Steve Neal can witness directly to the truism that God moves in mysterious ways, executing justice and delivering mercy at unexpected times.

One of those times was 7 p.m. Saturday at Neal's In His Steps congregation in Orange.

Neal was preaching directly to David Saracino at a Saturday night church service when a TV episode of "America's Most Wanted" aired, leading Orange County citizens to recognize the man known here as David "Iburg."

Saracino, 40, had been living under the Iburg alias the past eight months in the Mauriceville area and working at an area auto glass shop, Orange sheriff's officials said. In Utah, he was wanted for two counts of the rape of a child and three counts of sodomy against a child for crimes committed in 2000.

"He had only been coming to our church for about one month," Neal said. "But the weirdest part is that he was in our church that same night (the TV show aired)."

Second church

The Rev. Tony Story is pastor of the Family Worship Center on Texas 62, where the Utah man attended for eight months. The center is a "sister church" to In His Steps.

The two congregations regularly attend each other's services, and that's where Story and Saracino were that night - at In His Steps in Orange.

"My heart literally fell through my feet," Story said about the emotions he felt when he saw the picture of his congregation member later on the "America's Most Wanted" Web site.

http://www.orangeleader.com/articles/2005/03/16/news/news3.txt

[kclown]

1. They watch TV during church services? n/t

[Medium Baby Jesus]

2. Now there is a church I might consider n/t

[redqueen]

3. God...

How can people like this live with themselves, let alone visit a frakin CHURCH?!

:cry: