Burglar Charged With Breaking Into Church to Call Sex Hot Line

CLARKSTOWN, New York – Isn't the 11th Commandment thou shalt not use the church's telephone to call a sex hot line?

A homeless man has been charged with breaking into a Valley Cottage church by picking a lock so he could dial up some sex chat.

The man, James Macnair, was arraigned Monday night before Justice Scott Ugell on charges of burglary, possession of a burglar's tools and petty larceny. He admitted he had sinned before, breaking into the Elim Alliance Church days earlier for the same reason, the judge said.

A church treasurer found Macnair on the phone both times, police said. The first time, when he was in an office, she told him to leave, but the second time, when he was in a basement area used as a nursery for children, she called police, they said.

Macnair, 35, was being held in jail without bail Tuesday and was due back in court Wednesday.