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January, 1994

Holy Road TripVinton, Louisiana--Police arrested 20 naked Pentecostals on a pilgrimage to Florida after a car crash ended a brief chase. The judge--and the police--never quite got to the bottom of why the Pentecostals were nude and riding in one car. At their hearing the judge said, "I'm relying on the statement [that] you were told to do so by some higher being." City prosecutors agreed to dismiss criminal charges if the pilgrims would pay $975 to fix a damaged fence and telephone pol...