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To: Wicket

It would have helped if we had some names and the type of church.


44 posted on 09/17/2006 3:18:06 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

This is an AP article with a little more info. Sounds like it might be a "church of what's happening now", and he sounds outright evil.

Pastor accused of sexual assault

Associated Press



FORT WORTH - A Fort Worth pastor was arrested on a sexual assault warrant after a church member said he raped her under the guise of casting out demons.

Leonard Ray Owens, 63, was arrested Friday after he went to police to give a voluntary statement. Owens, the pastor of Prayer House of Faith, has denied having sexual contact with the woman, police said.

The 22-year-old woman told authorities Owens raped her in July when she went to his home for counseling.

According to an affidavit, the pastor told the woman she was afflicted by demons and instructed her to lie on the floor so he could cast them out of her body. She attempted to get up when he began removing her clothing, but he pinned her down, ignored her pleas to stop and assaulted her, the affidavit said.

The woman said after the assault, Owens told her to wash her face and read a Bible passage.

She told police Owens raped her again about a month later and attempted to assault her in October for a third time.

According to the affidavit, the woman told police that Owens "wants to know her every move and has told her that no one will believe anything she says about him as he is a minister."

Authorities said the woman also interpreted several of the pastor's statements as threats, including one in which he called her a witch and said the Bible requires that witches be killed.

Owens was booked into jail Friday with bond set at $25,000.


46 posted on 09/17/2006 3:39:42 PM PDT by Wicket (God bless and protect our troops and God bless America)
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