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Georgia police have arrested a couple after discovering multiple disabled people locked in the basement of a church building in mid-January.

Curtis Keith Bankston and Sophia Simm-Bankston say they were operating a ministry to help people in need in their rented Georgia house. Griffith police say they found eight people...

Georgia police have arrested a couple after discovering multiple disabled people locked in the basement of a church building in mid-January.

The police department told 11Alive that 55-year-old Curtis Bankston and his wife were using their home as an unlicensed group home.

The couple is accused of running a fake group home.

Police arrested a Georgia pastor and charged him with false imprisonment after officials allegedly found eight people locked inside his basement.The pastor has disputed the charges.

Curtis Keith Bankston, 55, and his wife Sophia Simm-Bankston, 56, were arrested for false imprisonment after eight disabled people were found behind a deadbolted door in their home.

Curtis Bankston denies keeping people against their will. His lawyer says it was a case of a Christian man helping people in need.

Lights on a police car. Oliver Helbig/Getty Images Police said a pastor in Georgia kept people with disabilities imprisoned against their will. The

'Pastor' and wife in Georgia arrested on false imprisonment charges after multiple disabled people found locked in basement of residence under the guise of a church.