POPULAR BISHOP DENIES BEING IN CYBER SEX VIDEO

By Hayden Boyce
Turks & Caicos Sun
October 03, 2016

http://suntci.com/popular-bishop-denies-being-in-cyber-sex-video-p2438-108.htm

Bishop Coleta Williams, one of the most popular and influential church leaders in the Turks and Caicos Islands, has flatly denied that he's the naked man who is seen having cyber sex in a shocking video that has gone viral on social media world-wide.

Although Williams, the head of the popular Abundant Life Ministries International, did not made any media statements on the matter, The SUN can confirm that he told members of his church last week, that he was being framed, that persons associated with the video wanted to extort money from him, and that the disturbing video was the end product of high-tech, sophisticated editing.

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is aware of the video and there's a possibility that detectives will question Williams about it.

During and after Bishop Williams' meeting at the Leeward Highway church on Wednesday, September 23rd, some of the members cried openly, while others left in shock, shame, disbelief and doubt.

Despite the Bishop's vehement denial, the man in the one-minute and 26 seconds-long video, has a striking resemblance to Williams, who is reportedly having a difficult time convincing many of his followers and fellow pastors that it isn't him.

In the video, which first surfaced on Saturday September 17th, the naked, hairy-chest man is seen glancing sideways as if to ensure no one is watching, then he blows a kiss, proceeds to flick his tongue and then plays with his private parts.

The end of the video carries the names Coleta Williams and Catalina Perez, the name used by the person at the other end of the video and who may have been responsible for filming and circulating it.

While the video was spreading like wild fire on Facebook and Whatsapp, Bishop Williams took the pulpit on Sunday, September 18th, but made no reference whatsoever to it.

In the midst of the firestorm, Bishop Williams, who left the country a few days after the video went viral, has rejected calls for his resignation from the church which he started more than a decade ago.

The SUN understands that members of Global United Fellowship (GUF) of which Williams is the Provincial Leader, have called for his resignation and have notified Bishop Neil Ellis of The Bahamas, who is head of GUF, and who is soon expected to come to the Turks and Caicos Islands to formally address the matter.

Known for his charisma, flamboyance and his fire-brand sermons, Bishop Williams has been a controversial, if not polarizing, figure in the Turks and Caicos Islands over the years.

This was amply represented by the divergence of views expressed on social media about the video, with some persons, saying it was not Williams in the video and others stating that even if it was, there should be an element of forgiveness.

This, however, is not the view of many ardent church-goers and spiritual leaders who believe that Williams should resign from the church.

The SUN understands that a number of other persons in the Turks and Caicos Islands have been featured in cyber sex videos and that some of them have paid significant sums of money to prevent the footage from being posted on social media.

Police spokesman Kevin Clarke said police would like members of the public to be cautious not post or share any obscene images if comes into their possession.

According to the Obscene Publications Ordinance:

Any person who— (a) for purposes of or by way of trade or for distribution or public exhibition makes or produces or has in his possession any obscene writings, drawings, prints, paintings, printed matter, pictures, posters,
emblems, photographs, cinematograph films, videotape, CD or other form of electronic storage of information or any other obscene objects; (b) for the purposes above mentioned imports, conveys or exports or causes to be imported, conveyed or exported any of the said obscene matters or things, or in any manner whatsoever puts them into circulation (c) carries on or takes part in a business, whether public or private, concerned with any of the said obscene matters or things, or deals in the said matters or things in any manner whatsoever or distributes them or exhibits them publicly or makes a business of lending them; (d) advertises or makes known by any means whatsoever in view of assisting in the said circulation or traffic, that a person is engaged in any of the above acts, or advertises or makes known how or from whom the said obscene matters or things can be procured either directly or indirectly, Commits an offence and shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of $5,000 or a term of imprisonment of six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.