Moravian Ministers Head to Court Feb 1

Jamaica Observer
January 25, 2017

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Rev Dr Paul Gardner (File photo)

Head of the Centre for Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) Superintendent Enid Ross confirmed that the Moravian ministers who were yesterday charged for carnal abuse and indecent assault will be making an appearance in court on February 1.

Former Moravian Church president Dr Paul Gardner and his deputy Jermaine Gibson will appear in the Manchester Parish Court.

The charges were reportedly laid against the men because of sexually-related incidents involving a minor that allegedly occurred in the parish years ago.

The men are currently on bail.

The arrest and charge of the men follows a sex scandal involving Reverend Rupert Clarke, a pastor of the Nazareth Moravian Church in Manchester, who is now before the court on allegations that he was caught by police last month in a “compromising position” with a minor in St Elizabeth.

Alicia Sutherland