An Amish farmer in Cambria County was ordered Tuesday to spend 90 days in jail for refusing to bring a pair of outhouses into compliance with state sewage laws.

Andy Swartzentruber of Ebensburg cites his conservative religious beliefs for refusing to abide by a court order to make the privies used by schoolchildren compliant and pay a fine. He was led away by a sheriff's deputy after Cambria County Common Pleas Judge Norman Krumenacker upheld a contempt of court ruling.

Krumenacker said he had no choice but to sentence Swartzentruber to jail and pay a $1,000 fine. He ordered the Amish school and outhouse padlocked.