Church enforcer 'beat boy, 15, with inch-thick metal pole after parents sent him to be disciplined for smoking'
Last updated at 1:39 PM on 11th December
A boy of 15 was violently beaten by a senior church official with a metal pole after his parents asked for him to be disciplined, it was claimed today.
The teenager, who was feared to be smoking after being caught smoking, was allegedly hit about a dozen times by 'enforcer' Paul Kim.
The 39-year-old, who works at a Lutheran church in La Habra, California, is relied upon by members to violently discipline children, authorities said.
Arrested: Paul Kim is accused of beating a 15-year-old boy with a metal pole after the boy's parents asked him to discipline the teen
The boy's father dropped him off at Kim's Chino Hills home with permission for the beating, a spokesman for San Bernardino County Sheriff claimed.
Kim is believed to have left the boy with with severe bruises , which were spotted by a high school teacher
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