Church Enforcer

California: A California couple enlisted a brutish local enforcer to dish out a beating on their teenage son because they suspected the boy was smoking, authorities say.

Paul Kim 39, of Chino Hills, is facing felony child cruelty charges after cops say he hammered the unidentified high schooler about a dozen times with an inch-thick pipe at the boy's parents request.

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Kim and the boy's parents attend the same Lutheran church in La Habra, and authorities believe he has doled out beatings for other parents.