A 61-year-old Florida minister has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a 16-year-old girl during an episode of road rage. Stephen Grosso struck the girl in the head with his “Christian identity badge,” News Channel 8 reports.

Police say that Grosso was upset with the teen for driving too close to him and got out of his car to confront her as she stopped to let a school bus pass. He was reportedly holding the metal police-like badge as he approached her, and when the girl lowered her window, he reached in and struck her in the forehead.

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Grosso has since been charged with burglary with simple battery.

As the Friendly Atheist’s Hemant Mehta points out, Grosso is the head of Ablaze Worldwide Ministries, which is a “fire-obsessed ministry with a website that should’ve gone up in flames at least a decade ago.”

“It’s unclear why he assaulted the girl, if flashing his badge counts as impersonating a cop, or what the hell he was thinking,” Mehta writes.

Featured image via Pasco County Sheriff’s Office