The book of Leviticus, the one that forbids gays from being gay and you can’t eat shellfish and assorted other wacky rules, says that it’s okay to have slaves just so long they are not Israelites.

Reginald Wayne Miller, president and founder of Cathedral Bible College, took that little Leviticus part out for a spin.

It did not go well, even in the Bible Belt of 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.

Miller crossed that fine line between snake oil salesman and man of the cloth.  In 2006 he was arrested for lewdness and prostitution after exposing himself to an undercover cop.  His Christian-based school for elementary through high school students closed.

And get this.  Miller opened his school at the “former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base in 1995, purchasing property at a reduced rate under a federal program that gave incentives to educational facilities relocating to closed military sites.”

And these, my friends, are the people who want to privatize public education.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.