Injustice Done by Christians is the Anti-Christians' Biggest Help

It is murder to deprive someone of his living or to cheat an employee of his wages.  Sirach 34:22

Here is a news story detailing modern slavery under the guise of  "The Cathedral Bible College"  in South Carolina

Agents with Homeland Security Investigations filed a criminal complaint against Miller this week saying they have probable cause to charge him with forced labor, a felony that carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years for each count. Investigators say Miller forced foreign students to work at the campus and his personal residence for as little as $25 per week. Miller threatened to cancel the students' visas if they complained or didn't comply with his demands, according to an affidavit filed this week.

In addition to the Marion campus, Cathedral Bible College has a site on the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base for American and former military students.

Reginald Wayne Miller, the president and founder of Cathedral Bible College, is not allowed to set foot on the college campus in Marion or communicate with any of the school's current or former foreign students as an investigation continues into allegations that Miller threatened to cancel foreign students' visas if they did not work long hours for little pay.

Those terms are part of a $250,000 secured bond that Magistrate Judge Thomas Rogers set for Miller during a detention hearing Friday in federal court. In addition, Miller will be on home detention and will be required to wear an electronic monitoring device.

"I don't think we've identified all of the potential victims yet," said Carrie Fisher, the assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case. Fisher said some victims may have already left the country and some may be former students who have yet to come forward. "Our investigation just started this week."

...  An affidavit filed this week with a criminal complaint against Miller outlines interviews Homeland Security investigators conducted with eight Cathedral Bible College students. Those students told investigators that the classes offered at the college "were not real" and the main focus of the school is having students work full-time hours at the school and at Miller's home. Federal law limits those on student visas to a maximum of 20 hours of work per week and that work must be an integral part of the student's educational program.

The students also told investigators that their living conditions at the college were substandard, including long periods of time without any hot water, heat or air conditioning. They also stated that the food provided by the college "was expired or insufficient for consumption and nutrition," according to the affidavit.

The Sun News is not naming the alleged victims because of privacy concerns in an ongoing investigation.

One student told investigators he had been promised $100 per week as part of a work-study program with the college. That student said he only makes $50 per week and regularly works between 46 hour and 56 hours each week. The student also said he worked for two weeks without any pay.

Another student told investigators that he was paid $50 per week for about 32 hours of work.

"Dr. Miller told [the student] if he did not like this work, he could go home or he [Miller] would call the Immigration and Naturalization Service," the affidavit states.

Another student at the college said he earns $50 per week for 40 hours of work.

"At one point, Dr. Miller told [the student] he needed to work harder in order to receive the necessary paperwork to return back to the United States" after visiting his family in a foreign country, the affidavit states. "When Dr. Miller finally gave [the student] the paperwork, Dr. Miller told him that when he returned . . . he would then work 28 hours per week, but get paid $25 per week until his work improved."

I can only imagine the use this being put to by the anti-Christian blog blatherers but if there is one thing that is clear about it,  the president of even a self-styled "Bible college" should know that what he was doing is forbidden by the book.   Here are just a few verses the "Bible Expert" is apparently violating. 

Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. "'Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.  Leviticus 19:13

Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.  Jeremiah 22:3

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages... Jeremiah 22:13

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.  Ezekiel 22:29

Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.  Malachi 3:5

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.  Matthew 7:12

For Scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and "The worker deserves his wages."  Timothy  5:18

Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.  James 5:4

If I had time, I believe I could find dozens of others.