Megachurch Leader Charged With Perjury

[RedEarth]

Source: (AP

The 80-year-old leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch has been charged with lying under oath, court documents show. A warrant for the arrest of Archbishop Earl Paulk, co-founder of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church, was issued Monday, according to court documents. Paulk was making arrangements Monday night to turn himself in to authorities, WAGA-TV reported.

Paulk's attorneys did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press for comment.

Former church employee Mona Brewer is suing Paulk, his brother, Don, and the church for allegedly manipulating her into an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was her only path to salvation. In a 2006 deposition stemming from the lawsuit, the archbishop said under oath that the only woman he had ever had sex with outside of his marriage was Brewer.

But the results of a court-ordered paternity test revealed in October that Paulk is the biological father of his brother's son, D.E. Paulk, who is now head pastor at the family's church. As part of Brewer's lawsuit, eight women have given sworn depositions that they were coerced into sexual relationships with Earl Paulk.

A judge ordered the paternity test at the request of the Cobb County district attorney's office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which were investigating Paulk.



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[theredpen]

1. Archbishop?! What an underachiever... why not Pope? n/t

I think the last time I posted this, it was about this guy. But... well, I gotta say it again.

[madeline_con]

2. Can't the woman read?!

The path to salvation is clearly stated in the New Testament, if that's a person's inclination. She's lame for believeing their crap. :eyes:

[FREEWILL56]

3. Come now, don't blame the sheeple for the wolf in disguise.

[harmonicon]

5. I can read. I read the bible, and that's why I own slaves and stone people.

[rurallib]

6. What the heck are stone people?

[bemildred]

7. Like regular people, but harder. nt

[harmonicon]

8. it depends what kind of stone they're made from.

The ones made from sandstone aren't any harder overall than your average flesh and bone person.

[bemildred]

9. Yeah, and some of them are flaky. nt

[harmonicon]

10. I think it's racist of you to judge a person based on the inanimate object which they are made up of

for shame!

[bemildred]

15. You're one of them aren't you? I knew it!

Flakey flakey flakey!

[sasquatch]

4. Throw the book at that snakehandler

[yellowcanine]

11. Lying for Jesus should not be considered perjury. Ah well, never mind.

[Forrest Greene]

12. Thy Rod And Thy Staff

...shall comfort me?

[TrogL]

13. Any relation to John Paulk - the ex-gay poster boy?

[Toots]

14. I don't understand how paternity tests could differentiate between

Biological brothers...

[Lance_Boyle]

16. because biological siblings don't have identical DNA. n/t

[Hissyspit]

17. Megachurch Leader Charged With Perjury

Source: Associated Press

Megachurch Leader Charged With Perjury

From Associated Press
January 14, 2008 11:30 PM EST
ATLANTA - An 80-year-old leader of a suburban megachurch who is at the center of a sex scandal has been charged with lying under oath for saying he had sex outside marriage with only one other woman, court documents show.

A warrant for the arrest of Archbishop Earl Paulk, co-founder of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church, was issued Monday, according to court documents. Paulk was making arrangements Monday night to turn himself in, WAGA-TV reported.

His attorneys did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Former church employee Mona Brewer is suing Paulk, his brother and the church on allegations that Paulk manipulated her into an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was her only path to salvation. In a 2006 deposition stemming from the lawsuit, the archbishop said under oath that the only woman he had ever had sex with outside of his marriage was Brewer.


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[xchrom]

18. gasp -- the horror that a conservative christian would lie about his sex life?!?!

more like bidness as usual.

[gratuitous]

19. Well, come on

You can't expect a pastor to be held to as high a standard as we'd hold the President of the United States? Besides, the guy's 80! You can't expect him to remember all 10 of those commandments all the time. Gee whiz!

[xchrom]

20. you're right -- 10 rules that you're always telling other people they

have to obey is just too much for one guy to remember.

thanks for reminding me.

;)