From Fox News: The man accused of brutally crucifying a rural Arizona pastor has not only admitted to the alleged crime, but said that he planned to kill more than a dozen other Christian leaders.
Adam Sheafe, 51, told FOX 10 in an interview that he murdered Pastor Bill Schonemann, 76, head of the New River Bible Chapel in New River, Arizona.
On April 28, Schonemann was found dead in his bed with his arms spread wide and pinned to the wall behind him. The bizarre display left the community reeling.
Sheafe said he’d initiated his own mission, dubbed “Operation First Commandment,” over religious beliefs. The plan was to crucify 14 Christian leaders as he believes Christian church leaders are leading their congregants to follow a false God: Jesus.
On the day Sheafe was captured, he had been planning to continue his horrific mission at the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, Arizona, where he’d targeted two priests.
“The day I was going to execute that priest, I tried getting into the back of his car. There was like a little lady on a bike that got in my way, and I was just going to get in the back seat and tell him to drive to his house,” Sheafe said.
In an interview with 12News, Sheafe confessed to the murder of Schonemann, and even explained his plan.
“I saw that he had a Wednesday evening Bible study, so I sat there and waited for them to arrive, so that I could locate which one was the priest, and then I just followed him,” Sheafe said. “And then I returned on Sunday to execute and crucify him to this wall.”
A 51-year-old man with a Hebrew neck tattoo was arrested after crucifying a Christian pastor in Arizona and placing a crown of thorns on his head.
Adam Christopher Sheafe admitted to planning the ritualistic killing of 14 Christian leaders across 10 states.
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