AT LEAST HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ... GAY

The Rev. John Henry Walker, senior pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church, has pleaded guilty to nine felony counts of tax evasion, bank fraud, and lying to federal authorities, yet his congregation voted 181-32 yesterday to express confidence in Walker's leadership.

He's a silver-tongued devil, evidently: "A good preacher," said a church member. "If he done wrong, the Lord will take care of it when he gets up there."