Clear conscience -- at a cost

A newly ordained youth minister decided he could no longer keep his secret, confessing to authorities in Houston that he fatally stabbed a convenience store clerk in 1994 when he was 16.

For his forthrightness, Calvin Wayne Inman, 29, found himself jailed and charged with capital murder. He was being held without bail.

The lead pastor of the 800-member Elim Church said he persuaded Inman to surrender to police after learning about the case several weeks ago.

“It was a situation that was on his conscience,” said Ron Nissen, pastor of the Pentecostal church.

“He knows it’s the right thing to do. His desire is to help other kids not make the same mistakes he did.”