Sorry, it's not a Christian practice this time, but I won't be surprised if Desh and/or WB find some linkage.
Two rabbis offered an unusual service to Jewish women who could not get their husbands to agree to a divorce, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
For a fee, they would convene a rabbinical court and authorize the use of violence to get a recalcitrant husband to agree to a divorce, the F.B.I. said.
According to court papers unsealed Thursday morning, they were also willing to employ two men known as Ariel and Yaakov, to kidnap the man and torture him, until he pledged to divorce his wife.![Roll eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/nyregion/rabbis-accused-in-kidnapping-plot-to-force-men-to-grant-divorces.html
Two rabbis offered an unusual service to Jewish women who could not get their husbands to agree to a divorce, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
For a fee, they would convene a rabbinical court and authorize the use of violence to get a recalcitrant husband to agree to a divorce, the F.B.I. said.
According to court papers unsealed Thursday morning, they were also willing to employ two men known as Ariel and Yaakov, to kidnap the man and torture him, until he pledged to divorce his wife.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/nyregion/rabbis-accused-in-kidnapping-plot-to-force-men-to-grant-divorces.html