For the Bible tells me so ...

A South Carolina pastor has been accused of turning his Bible College into a forced labor camp for foreign students.

Reginald Wayne Miller, 65, allegedly made the teens toil for no or little pay for more than 50 hours a week while housing them in rooms without hot water, heating or air-conditioning. He is also alleged to have threatened to revoke their student visas if they complained or failed to comply with his demands.

Miller, who runs the Cathedral Bible College in Marion, was arrested 2 a.m. Thursday. Federal prosecutors had filed a criminal complaint accusing him of forced labor. He was booked into the Florence County Detention Center and appeared in federal court later that afternoon. A federal judge set his bail at $250,000.

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"Students described a pervasive climate of fear in which their legal status as non-immigrant students was in constant jeopardy," an affidavit stated. "[...] Miller threatened expulsion and therefore termination of their legal presence in the United States for non-compliance with his demands," it added.

 

Students reportedly told investigators that classes "were not real" and that the main focus of the school was to have them working full-time at its campus and Miller's home.

Miller faces 20 years in prison, for each count he is eventually charged with, if convicted.

Cathedral Bible College, which offers degrees in theology, divinity, Christian counseling and ministry, recently moved to Marion from the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base.

It's not the first time Miller has been arrested, according to Myrtle Beach Online. In 2006, he was allegedly detained on charges of lewdness and prostitution for exposing himself to an undercover cop in a bathhouse.