OHIO
Cleveland Leader
Published by Julie Kent on October 15, 2014
Televanelist Ernest Angley of Gracey Cathedral in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has been accused by former members of his church of demanding that they have vasectomies or abortions, and further claim that the church leader would turn a blind eye to sexual abuse in the church.
During the Akron Beacon Journal’s six-part series covering the various allegations that have been made against Angley, 93, 20 former members of his congregation came forward and spoke with reporters. Members said that he not only encouraged vasectomies and abortions, but also personally examined “the genitals of the male parishioners before and after their surgeries.”
One former member said, “none of us have kids because he makes all the men get fixed”, and another former parishioner, Becky Roadman, said, “You’re not allowed to have babies there.” Others noted that Angley frequently counseled women to have abortions, and that he told at least one woman to think of her fetus as “a tumor.” One woman says that she knows of another woman, who will not come forward at this time, who was forced in to four abortions.
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