(CNN) An Ohio church is apologizing for an "inappropriate" Easter lesson in which a pastor urged students to spit on him, slap him and cut him with a steak knife. Some students took him up on his offer. One student took the knife and sliced his back. Another video shows students attempting to cut the pastor's back, before the pastor seems to say, "Make me bleed." Dempsey says no one knew about the activityIn the same Facebook video by the church, Dempsey said it was completely his idea and no one else knew about his plans.

Source: CNN April 20, 2019 12:11 UTC