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 [...]
With son’s sex arrest queries resurfaces about Bishop T. D. Jakes’s sexuality
February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · News
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St. Petersburg evangelist Bill Keller pushes back at the IRS
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments · News
Never one to mince words, St. Petersburg evangelist Bill Keller has a message for the Internal Revenue Service: strip him of his tax exemption or leave him alone.
The agency has been investigating Keller, 51, for a year after he equated voting for former presidential candidate Mitt Romney with casting a vote for Satan.
Keller’s struggle with [...]
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Preacher Convicted of Child Molestation - Gaines
February 20th, 2009 · No Comments · News
ROCK PORT, Mo. — After deliberating nearly nine hours, an Atchison County jury on Thursday night convicted Joseph R. Gaines III, 60, of two felony counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of first-degree statutory sodomy.
The jury could not reach a verdict on a second count of statutory sodomy.
The verdicts in the court of [...]
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Testimony Begins In Sex Crime Case
February 19th, 2009 · No Comments · News
Joseph R. Gaines III, 60, faces 2 felony charges
ROCK PORT, Mo. — A jury of two women and 10 men will decide the fate of a Northwest Missouri preacher and part-time police officer charged with sex crimes.
The state charged Joseph R. Gaines III, 60, with two felony counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts [...]
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Street Preacher Arrested During Race
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Authorities say a street preacher almost hit several runners with a Bible during a holiday race in Clearwater.
Police say 48-year-old Mark Alan Sutto was delivering a street sermon when he interfered with the Turkey Trot 10K on Thursday by shouting at runners, getting in their way and waving a large Bible [...]