Ghoulish cult ‘slay’ in Conn.

A self-described “chief apostle” of a religious cult was beaten to death and dismembered by two other members who scattered his body parts across a Connecticut city — all at the behest of the leader’s wife, according to court records.

Rudy Hannon (inset top), 72, and Sorek Minery (inset bottom), 42, were busted this week in the death of Paul Sweetman, 70, a high-ranking member of the cult known as “The Work,” which gained hundreds of followers in the 1980s and ’90s, the Hartford Courant reported.

Sweetman once threatened Connecticut lawmakers who were considering legalizing same-sex marriage with the wrath of “Julius Christ” — the cult’s leader Julius Schacknow.

An arrest warrant that was released Wednesday reveals disturbing details into Sweetman’s July 2004 murder, the grim result of a fight for control of the cult after Schacknow’s passing.

Sweetman’s wife, Joanne, allegedly ordered for him to be killed, according to the Courant, and Hannon spent months trying to convince Minery that Sweetman “needed to be killed because he was hurting his wife . . . and that God would have wanted them to kill Sweetman,” the warrant said.

In statements to police, Hannon and Minery pointed the finger at each other, telling different accounts of what happened.

Minery told cops he found Hannon standing over Sweetman’s body at a construction office in Southington and that he’d asked Minery for help in disposing the body. Hannon claimed it was Minery who beat Sweetman.