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With son’s sex arrest queries resurfaces about Bishop T. D. Jakes’s sexuality

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · News

When preachers pontificate too much from On High about the sins of homosexual sex, the cautionary tale is to be careful of what you say, because your words invariably will come back to bite you, as we have seen with fallen evangelical star Pastor Ted Haggard.
For Bishop T. D. Jakes, the internationally known African American [...]

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T.D. Jakes’ Son, Jermaine Jakes, Arrested for and Charged with Indecent Exposure

February 20th, 2009 · No Comments · News

FIRST REPORT
According to Dallas police, Jermaine Jakes, 29, the son of the pastor of the Potter’s House, was accused of exposing himself in front of an undercover vice detective at a city park in Oak Cliff.

Here’s the story. It includes a link to the police report, which includes some pretty straightforward language.

It’s not clear why [...]

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Brownsville Bishop Is Charged With Tax Fraud

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News

A Brownsville bishop was arrested Tuesday, authorities said, on charges he illegally bought a Mercedes Benz for a parishioner who is accused of making money through a prescription fraud ring.
Willie J. Jones, a longtime Miami-Dade County public works security guard, heads God’s Calling Gospel Holiness Church, 4699 NW 27th Ave.
He is charged with grand theft, [...]

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58 Year Old Catholic Bishop in India Adopts 26-yr-old Woman

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments · News

Thiruvananthapuram, October 15: : A Catholic bishop in Kerala has sparked off a controversy and embarrassed the Church by adopting a 26-year-old woman.Following complaints from priests, the Latin Catholic Church has initiated a multi-level probe into the adoption by John Thattunkal, 58, the Bishop of Cochin.
Sources say the bishop adopted the woman with the consent [...]

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Stand Against Prop. 8 Costs Priest Dearly

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments · News

Father Geoffrey Farrow is removed from his Fresno post after a sermon against the anti-same-sex marriage measure.
A week ago, Father Geoffrey Farrow stood before his Roman Catholic parishioners in Fresno and delivered a sermon that placed him squarely at odds with his church over gay marriage.
With Proposition 8 on the November ballot, and his own [...]

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