This young man sounds like a very confused person. Perhaps he was there looking for answers; perhaps he was making an odd cry for help. Did this happen prior to a service? Sounds like you taught him a lesson in intolerance, at the very least. I understand your caution and attempts to approach and identify as well as your desire to keep a safe environment. It's too bad that we have to look for threats and fear in every situation nowadays. Compassion and understanding have taken a back seat in our world.
I hope you were right and he actually was a threat. I also hope that was not the first, and last, time the young man was in a church.
I actually hope he wasn't a threat. Now he knows one place he's not welcome.
