Man Suspected Of Beating Kids... At Parent's Request

IRVINE, Calif. -- An Irvine couple who suspected their 15-year-old son of smoking turned to a man believed to be relied on in their church to violently discipline children, authorities said.

The parents asked Paul Kim, 39, to discipline their son after finding a lighter in his possession, dropping the boy off at Kim's Chino Hills home with permission for the beating, San Bernardino County sheriff's spokesperson Cindy Bachmann said Saturday.

Kim hit the child with a metal pole about a dozen times, causing severe bruising on his legs, according to Bachmann. The pole was about an inch in diameter, investigators said.

It seems several families have had this service from this man. He is suspected of doing this to other kids, because their parents asked him to. If you aren't up to the task of beating your child yourself, I suppose hiring someone would be the logical choice for some idiot out there.

I'm really not happy with how often religious and criminal stupidity cross-reference.