Global Church Crime News 04/30/2023
Apr 29, 2023(April 28) Kenya Arrests Second Pastor To Face Criminal Charges 'Related to Mass Killing Of His Followers'| EAST AFRICA
Kenyan authorities on Thursday arrested another prominent televangelist, to face criminal charges "related to mass killing of his followers."
Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said Ezekiel Ombok Odero, who pastors the New Life Prayer Church in Mavueni, Kilifi County, announced the arrest on Twitter, but did not give further detail on the allegations against Odero.
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(April 27) St Michael’s Church In Beccles Targeted By Vandals Who Damaged Stones And Moved Safety Fences | ENGLAND
Police said the fences were in place around an area of the grounds where loose stone masonry could fall from the church.
A Suffolk church was targeted by vandals who damaged stones and moved fences that were in place to protect parishioners. Police said it happened at St Michael’s church on New Market, Beccles.
The fences were in place around an area of the grounds where loose stone masonry could fall from the church. Damage was also caused to patio terrace slabs.
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(April 27) Prophet Arrested For Assaulting Church Member Over Wife's Missing GH¢200 | GHANA
The police in Dodowa have arrested a prophet known as Sampson Obotang Bekoe for allegedly assaulting a woman in the Central Region.
Mr Bekoe is the pastor of the Family African Faith Church Tarbanacle located in Gomoa Sokwa.
Accra-based Okay FM reported that the wife of Prophet Obotang had accused him of stealing money.
She had apparently consulted a spiritualist to help her recover the missing GH¢200, who then revealed to her that her husband was the thief.
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