The Rev. Sam Childers has rescued more than 800 children from child-soldier recruiters and kidnappers, sheltering them in the orphanage he operates in Sudan’s Darfur region. Now the FAA says Childers owes the U.S. government $28,000. The Washington Times reports:

For more than a decade, he has transported needed supplies to operate the orphanage’s power generator in a clearly marked household plastic container. That is until April, when 3 quarts of motor oil, two bottles of diesel treatment and a can of spray lubricant in the crate were confiscated by airline screeners. Mr. Childers, president of World Missions Shekinah Fellowship, apologized in a subsequent letter to U.S. government officials, saying he was not aware the supplies were classified as “hazardous materials” and illegal to ship by commercial plane. The minister thought the matter was resolved, but six months later, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notified Mr. Childers that he will be fined $28,000 for the transgression.

An ex-biker (and Hell’s Angels enforcer) who became a born-again Christian in 1992. An 2006 MSNBC story on the children of war-torn Uganda noted that Childers goes on military-style raids with militia to rescue children from Ugandan kidnappers. “I always liked to fight…,” Childers said. “I’m a preacher but I still like to fight.”

An FAA attorney told Childers she didn’t care who he is or why he tried to ship the oil and diesel — he’ll have to pay his fine. “It scared me,” Childers said. “I’ve been in war zones working for the last 10 years, but this lady had me scared.”