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Outrage Overnigerian Gay Pastorin Uk by mickey339(m): 9:43am On Mar 10, 2011 |
Outrage over Nigerian gay pastor in UK DISBELIEF and disgust: Those two words have followed the guilty plea of a popular United Kingdom-based Nigerian Christian cleric, Albert Odulele, in a charge of sexually molesting two young boys. Odulele, a televangelist and Principal Pastor of the Glory House, International, Kent, London, last Thursday pleaded guilty to being a paedophile and a gay, before a UK court. Christian clerics in Nigeria have roundly condemned the act, while most of the comments on his social network site, Facebook, are full of mix-reations. Catholic Bishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, in an interview with Sunday Compass described homosexuality as “sinful.” He said: “I don't want to condemn the person, because I am not aware of the story. But the position of my church on homosexuality is that it is a sin and it is condemnable ”. Also, the Pastor of the House on the Rock Ministry, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, said that anyone engaged in homosexuality should be rehabilitated, and must seek forgiveness from God. He said: “We condemn homosexuality. It is not of God. The person should be rehabilitated, and he must also seek forgiveness from God. ” Odulele, was arrested last summer over charges of indecent assault of a child under 16 years old, and sexual assault of another male teenager. He pleaded guilty to both charges, at Bexley Magistrates' Court in south east London and was committed for sentencing at Woolwich Crown Court on a date yet to be set. The alleged sexual assaults took place in 2003 and 2004. Pastor Odulele, who goes by the designate 'teacher, preacher and evangelical preacher', is renowned among evangelical Christians. According to his website, his church has a congregation of 3,000; with branches in Leeds, Birmingham, Nigeria and Brazil. Odulele admitted to police that he had been 'battling' with his sexuality for years, and denied the offences were pre-planned. However, checks on the Facebook account of the pastor indicate that since the scandal broke out there have been several Cause Requests, such as: We Stand By Pastor Albert Odulele, which as at yesterday evening had 591 members; and another captioned: We Don't Stand By Pastor Albert Odulele, having only nine members. News Headlines Outrage over Nigerian gay pastor in UK SUNDAY, 06 MARCH |
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