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A preacher asked me out. When I turned her down, the stalking began
BBC ^ | Aleem Maqbool, religion editor & Steve Swann

Posted on 06/29/2025 9:35:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Venessa Pinto, employed by the Leicester diocese of the Church of England as a lay preacher...asked him out.

"I was very taken aback, because I didn't know her. And I was like, 'I'm gay, but thank you for asking.' But she asked me if it was because she was black."

...

Hulme, then in his mid-twenties, was at a very happy juncture in his life. He was a poet and author, an assistant warden at the LGBT-friendly St Nicholas Church...

"I'm also trans, I'd come out a number of years before, and I'd finally come to a place of full and complete happiness with who I was."

...

Back in Leicester, the Church HR investigation concluded Venessa had been responsible for the abuse, to Jay's huge relief. He assumed that would be the end of it.

But almost as soon as that happened, there was an unexpected turn.

He was called into a meeting with the Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow - who's seen as a favourite to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England.

The bishop said he didn't believe that Venessa had been responsible for the harassment. And he wouldn't uphold Jay's complaint against her.

Then he made an extraordinary accusation about Jay.

"Somebody had given a statement that I had been seen in the church, in the darkness, with a candle – and they thought I was conducting a seance. For clarity, I was praying with a candle in the dark, because that's a thing that Christians do," says Jay.

It got worse.

Bishop Snow accused him of practising witchcraft - both because of the "seance" and the fact Jay happened to have a close friend who was a tarot card reader.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aleemmaqbool; archbishopcanterbury; churchofengland; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; leicester; martynsnow; satanic; steveswann; unitedkingdom; venessapinto
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1 posted on 06/29/2025 9:35:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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There is something terminally wrong with England.


2 posted on 06/29/2025 9:36:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Babylon BBC?


3 posted on 06/29/2025 9:40:01 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: BenLurkin

And something terminally wrong with posts like this. Worthless news. No offense.


4 posted on 06/29/2025 9:40:09 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: BenLurkin

When the mentally ill collide.


5 posted on 06/29/2025 9:41:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The people and the organization. Warped out of all semblance to Christian civilization.


6 posted on 06/29/2025 9:43:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“A preacher asked me out. When I turned her down”
‘I’m gay, but thank you for asking.’ But she asked me if it was because she was black.”
“I’m also trans”—”He was exploring his Christian faith and considering the possibility of training to become a priest in the coming years.”


Church and religion used to be so much less complicated.


7 posted on 06/29/2025 9:45:43 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: BenLurkin

Wow. You ain’t kidding. And all the people in this story are nuts. Including the victim. What the hell is a gay trans? And the perpetrator got treated with kid gloves and slap on the wrist from the legal system. And the topper was the “bishop’s” accusation of witchcraft. These people essentially tislly don’t believe in God, but they believe in witchcraft?


8 posted on 06/29/2025 9:46:03 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BenLurkin
Bishop Snow accused him of practising witchcraft - both because of the "seance" and the fact Jay happened to have a close friend who was a tarot card reader.

Also because he looks like one.

They should put him on one side of a scale and a duck on the other.

9 posted on 06/29/2025 9:46:14 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: BenLurkin

[”I’m gay” “I’m also trans,”]

The Devil you say....


10 posted on 06/29/2025 9:47:03 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in thays of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

I gotta ask, was she nekkid?


11 posted on 06/29/2025 9:49:53 PM PDT by kawhill (The one thing you can't buy in a store is the euphoria of peril.)
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To: BenLurkin; Morgana; fwdude
[an assistant warden at the LGBT-friendly St Nicholas Church...]

Welcome to the Days of Lot as prophesied in Luke 17:28-32 - the WORLD is not paying attention


12 posted on 06/29/2025 9:55:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in thays of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

It makes the Muslim takeover more understandable. Pretty soon Jay and Vanessa will make spectacular dives off of building roofs. Three psychotic entities meet with predictable results. England is dead.


13 posted on 06/29/2025 10:01:23 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: BenLurkin

Obviously.


14 posted on 06/29/2025 10:09:58 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: j.havenfarm

Or rather, they do actually believe in God, they just refuse to follow and obey Him.


15 posted on 06/29/2025 10:10:42 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: kawhill

That wouldn’t be surprising at all.


16 posted on 06/29/2025 10:12:20 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: BenLurkin

Sadly.


17 posted on 06/29/2025 10:12:51 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Getready
[England is dead.]

Coming to America if the Democrats ever get back into the Presidency again...

Kamala Harris - the Best and the Brightest the Democrats could offer to America...


18 posted on 06/29/2025 10:13:35 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in thays of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Getready

And they have only themselves to blame.


19 posted on 06/29/2025 10:35:44 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: j.havenfarm
What the hell is a gay trans?

I suppose that's one way to de-transition. Become "transsexual" and then become "gay." You're right back where you started! Except maybe you're missing some original equipment.

20 posted on 06/29/2025 10:55:25 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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