Church pastor charged with battery, says male he’s accused of beating up threatened to rape, kill his family

A Louisiana church pastor charged with battery this week said the male he is accused of beating up threatened to rape and kill his family.

Tony Spell, 48 — pastor of Life Tabernacle Church in Central — on Tuesday walked across Hooper Road and allegedly beat up a person who screamed “F**k you,” KLFY-TV reported, citing an affidavit.

‘They don’t like the church; they made that clear.’

The station said that during a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Spell indicated that the person he is accused of beating up said a lot more than that.

Spell said he was working on a church bus when he heard the neighbor’s son yelling at him, WBRZ-TV reported: “He said, ‘Tony, I’m gonna rape your wife, I’m gonna rape all of your grandchildren,’