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LEAVENWORTH — A sound man who played a cruel game with church soloists has been suspended from his post.

Chuck Tiff of Cornerstone Community Church, who served at the sound board for 14 years, was found to have taken sadistic satisfaction in finding a soloist's breaking point, then raising the pitch on the sound board so the climactic note in a song caused her voice to crack. He reduced countless women to tears and abject humiliation on Sunday mornings.

Tiff was discovered this past Sunday turning the pitch knob up several notches as Jennifer Hazlet began her rendition of "We Shall Behold Him." The head usher saw Tiff's subtle action, confronted him and led him away from the board, returning the pitch to its proper setting. At a closed-door meeting, Tiff was unrepentant and refused to talk. One entry in his journal, found under the sound board, read, "Broke another one tonight. What glee! She left the platform in tears. I could barely keep from laughing. She deserved it. They all do. They're not singing for God's glory, no matter how much they point heavenward when people applaud. Looking forward to next Sunday. They've got a duet lined up. Double whammy."

Tiff's victims are considering legal action, charging him with emotional distress and humiliation. "He made me question my very salvation," says one woman. "He was supposed to be a partner, but he hung us out to dry for his own amusement." •