Evil thieves robbed pensioner, 78, as they pretended to pray alongside her at church

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thieves are accused of asking an elderly woman in church to "pray" with them as they stole her wallet.Video footage of the incident shows the two female suspects approaching the 78-year-old victim who was sitting in a pew as they engaged in a conversation with her.After a short interaction, one of the women asked to pray with her while the other woman allegedly went through the pensioner's bag and stole her purse.The incident took place at the Hilldale Baptist Church sanctuary in Clarksville, Tennessee, according to local police.

The church's senior pastor Larry Robertson shared that once the victim went to touch her purse after the incident, she realised something was wrong.He said: "Our church member reaches into her purse and picks up her wallet and just thinks that feels funny, it feels different."Which is remarkable, but she opens it up and her cash and credit cards are gone and she realises then she's been robbed."The pastor added that once the police had released the shocking footage, other church members recall seeing the thieves during a Sunday service a week before the crime.Pastor Larry added: "It is so disappointing and shocking."Especially when it happens in a church building to a senior adult widow, lady who just came to church early to pray that's hard to swallow."Police said that there was a group of four women in total inside the Church with the victim.Three of the suspected women attempted to use the victim's credit cards at the American retail warehouse Sam's Club shortly after the theft.Pastor Larry shared: "My prayer is that if I had the opportunity to encounter them again."That I would be faithful to and kind enough to them to share the gospel with them in hopes that they would trust Christ as their.