Fort Worth Church Locks Out Prime Prep Students

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FORT WORTH, Texas (CBS 11 NEWS) A church, claiming its owed tens of thousands of dollars by Prime Prep Academy in Fort Worth for rent and construction work, locked its door to students today.

Church leaders handed out notices to parents explaining their action prompting a terse exchange between Charity Church Bishop F. R. Mays and a parent whod dropped her student off at the schools secondary building.

You gave away Gods money! the woman yelled. (Bishop) Awww, get outta here! Mays replied, waving his hand dismissively.

You gonna have to pay for locking those kids out of school, the woman continued. They need to pay God! Mays yelled back.

Charging that much for rent in that nasty building, the woman replied as Mays began talking over her.

Thats not nasty its wonderful, he said. It is nasty, the woman retorted. Its just as nasty as your attitude!

The confrontation came after the church locked out Prime Prep students demanding $83,000 in liens and $18,000 in rent from the school.

Mays said his lease shows the school is responsible for $18,000 a month in rent and for paying for work on the building the school wanted. And the bishop says the school was already moving to another building to dodge the bills.

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Fort Worth Church Locks Out Prime Prep Students