May 14, 2007

Fort Worth pastor suspended after rape accusations

A Fort Worth pastor accused of paddling and raping women under the guise of scriptural teaching has been suspended by the national body of the Church of God in Christ.

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The paddling escalated from there, she said, with Mr. Allen ordering her to pull down her jeans and then her underwear. Ms. Kelly said she was hesitant but believed so devoutly in Mr. Allen's power that she viewed it as a spiritual father/daughter relationship.

"I looked at him as a man of God, my pastor," she said. "I just revered him. I always thought he was hearing from God."

And finally...

Around March or April 2005, Mr. Allen made sexual advances and eventually added sex as part of her punishment, she said.

Now really, all that is in the scripture?

There's more, including more victims.

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