NEW YORK
New York Post
By SELIM ALGAR
August 19, 2013
A Bible-thumping Seventh Day Adventist pastor shamelessly begged a Queens church secretary for sex despite the fact that both are married — and the organization’s all-powerful leader tried to cover up the scandal, the secretary’s blockbuster lawsuit claims.
Grecia Mena, a staffer at the Jamaica headquarters of the group’s Northeastern Conference, claims in the suit that pastor José Burroughs tried to talk her into the sack for years, despite her protests and complaints.
Mena, 40, says in her suit that the preacher told her that he was accustomed to having women throw themselves at him and could not understand why she didn’t follow suit.
“I don’t understand,” he allegedly said. “Anything I want, I get.”
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