A judge will allow lawsuit to proceed against two former Tennessee police officers accused of baptizing a woman against her will.

The decision comes more than two years after the alleged incident, and some of the charges were dismissed by the judge, but the underlying story remains a troubling example of what can happen when government officials treat Christianity as a default religion for everyone.

The incident in question occurred in February of 2019. According to a lawsuit filed later that year by Shandle Marie Riley, she was driving at night, pulled into a gas station, filled up her car, bought some cigarettes, and left to go visit her son. When she arrived at his place, Deputy Daniel Wilkey stopped her in the driveway and asked her to get out of the car for reasons that weren’t clear.

He searched her, touching all parts of her body, even asking her to remove her bra to shake it out. She later admitted to having a “roach” on her, which she handed over. By this time, another unnamed officer arrived. (That officer was later said to be Tyler McRae.)

Then things got weirder.