Member of the church later said that the cookies tasted strangely salty. The secret ingredient, as it turns out, was not salt but sativa

Six members of an Indiana church spent their holy Sunday in the ER after 74-year-old parishioner brought a batch of cookies he’d baked to share with other members.

The congregants, who were between the ages of 12 and 70, attended the St John’s Apostle Catholic Church in Bloomington. After the service, they ate some sweet treats brought in by the apparently pot-loving parishioner, known only as Mr. Jones.

Member of the church complained of “adverse effects” after consuming the cookies and mentioned to the ER staff that they tasted strangely salty. The secret ingredient in Mr. Jones’ baking, as it turns out, was not salt but sativa.

Mr. Jones initially denied spiking the salty treats with the drug. But a search of his home by authorities netted “orange pill bottle containing capsules of a brown, oily substance, which later tested positive for marijuana,” NZ Herald reports. He eventually turned himself to the police.

The 74-year-old is now facing charges of possession of hash oil and criminal recklessness. As for the church, they seem to have turned the other cheek, so to speak.

“We are praying for everyone involved,” St John’s priest Father Daniel Mahan told the NZ Herald. “We are praying for Mr. Jones. We are keeping in prayer those who took ill that Sunday and we are praying for justice with mercy.”

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