Posted on 01/14/2008 6:07:18 PM PST by NormsRevenge
ATLANTA - The 80-year-old leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch has been charged with lying under oath, court documents show. A warrant for the arrest of Archbishop Earl Paulk, co-founder of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church, was issued Monday, according to court documents. Paulk was making arrangements Monday night to turn himself in to authorities, WAGA-TV reported.
Paulk's attorneys did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press for comment.
Former church employee Mona Brewer is suing Paulk, his brother, Don, and the church for allegedly manipulating her into an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was her only path to salvation. In a 2006 deposition stemming from the lawsuit, the archbishop said under oath that the only woman he had ever had sex with outside of his marriage was Brewer.
But the results of a court-ordered paternity test revealed in October that Paulk is the biological father of his brother's son, D.E. Paulk, who is now head pastor at the family's church. As part of Brewer's lawsuit, eight women have given sworn depositions that they were coerced into sexual relationships with Earl Paulk.
A judge ordered the paternity test at the request of the Cobb County district attorney's office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which were investigating Paulk.
Cobb County District Attorney Pat Head declined comment when reached at his home Monday night.
Paulk and his brother, Don, have been hit with multiple lawsuits from former members alleging they were coerced into sexual affairs, but this is the first time criminal charges have been filed against the archbishop.
WAGA-TV: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church: http://www.mycathedral.org/
Lying under oath about sex....somewhere I have heard this before.....hmmmmm
For those who don’t know this is a very liberal church.
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church: http://www.mycathedral.org/
Somebody needs to talk to them about website design.
All you young attractive women out there better sleep with me or you are going to burn in hell! I'm going to be keeping some of you quite busy.
What? No takers? Where do they find these women? I'll try the slow grift next time.
“Where do they find these women?”
LOL!
I was just thinking the same thing.
How low does the IQ have to be to fall for that one?
You know - if they would just allow these ministers to get married, this sort of thing wouldn’t ever happen.
oh yeah! They were married - never mind!
“...They will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject it’s real power, keep away from such people 6. “...some of them go into people’s homes and gain control over weak woman who are burdened by the guilt of their sins..”
Ehh, I believe it is written somewhere “Say only Yes or No, anything else comes from the..”
And IMO, why that lawsuit is o not bounced out of court is a mystery, that has to be the most laughable thing I’ve heard in many a day.
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