No, seriously. There’s a Church of Tom Jones. In California, of course. What’s slightly worrying is that it’s in the state’s capital city, a place we’d thought had more than its RDA of showbiz nuttiness already, what with the Gouvernator and all.

Thanks to FE for the video, and to the BBC, via Fark, for the story.

A US preacher who has set up a church dedicated to the Welsh sex symbol and crooner Tom Jones has denied using religion in vain.

Pastor Jack Stahl said Jones‘s “soulful, spiritual and supernatural” voice helps him contact God.

Would this have anything to do with all those women yelling “Oh God, oh God,” at certain moments? Just close your eyes and think of Tom Jones…

“It’s weird, but a positive thing,” he said. “I inspired Pastor Jack. He saw the light through me, so it works.”