UNITED KINGDOM
Yorkshire Evening Post
ALEX EVANS
A church minister raped and sexually abused seven vulnerable women to “rid them of evil spirits”, a court heard.
John Wilson, 70, allegedly told one victim: “Queens need to be dethroned, God has made me a king so I am allowed to do this” before raping her.
On another occasion he told a victim that if she had evil spirits in her he would need to “go into the womb to release them”, it was said.
Wilson is accused of carrying out the attacks during one-to-one prayer ‘deliverance’ sessions at church and at the homes of his victims – the youngest aged just 13.
Opening the prosecution at Bradford Crown Court, David McGonigal QC said: “This case involves the sexual abuse of seven women in the name of religion.
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