"Lord of the Flies" Comes To Santa Barbara
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:15 pm
Calif. church regrets pig rodeo, BBQ at retreat
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press
Friday, March 16, 2012
(03-16) 14:43 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) --
A Santa Barbara church says it regrets allowing members of its high school ministry to chase greased pigs while wearing body paint during a recent weekend retreat.
Reality Santa Barbara held the retreat for teenage boys at a ranch in Ojai (OH'-hy) on March 3.
Executive pastor Gerald Torres says during the weekend, the boys greased up two pigs and chased them in a "rodeo-style" event and then ate the animals at a luau barbecue.
Many of the boys dressed up and wore paint on their faces and bodies for the chase.
Torres says licensed hunters slaughtered the pigs and showed the teens how to butcher them and use all parts of the animal for food.
He says the combined event "created a bad perception and one that we regret."
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