Television Evangelist
Juanita Bynum, the hair stylist turned preacher, known for her inspiring and candid sermons about sexuality and marital responsibility, is recovering after allegedly being attacked by her estranged husband.
Atlanta Police say
Bishop Thomas Weeks III, founder of
Global Destiny churches, will be charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats, WXIA-TV in Atlanta reports.
Around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, the couple got together for dinner at Concorde Grill in the Renaissance Concourse Hotel in Atlanta to talk about making their marriage work, Bynum's sister, Tina Culpepper told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
But that conversation,which led into the early morning hours, turned into a heated argument, and things got ugly, an eye witness told police.
"They were talking about a reconciliation. They got into an argument. In the process of the argument, her husband walked out to the parking lot area, turned back around and started to choke Miss Bynum," Atlanta Police Officer Robert Campbell said.
"As he choked her, he pushed her down to the ground and started to kick her and also stomp on her," he said, adding that a hotel bellman had to pull Weeks off Bynum.
At the end of it all, Bynum,48, was the one “bruised up and battered” and “had purple bruising around her neck and torso,” The Associated Press reports.
Weeks, 54, who allegedly threatened to kill Bynum, left the scene before police arrived. Bynum met with authorities Thursday evening to press charges, according to AP.
Bynum wrote on her MySpace.com page, "I am currently recovering from my injuries and resting well. There are so many great things happening for me in my future, and so much to look forward to concerning my destiny, this too shall pass."
Bynum and Weeks made headlines with their 2002 wedding that, according to Ebony, had an 80-person wedding party, 1,000 guests, an orchestra and a 7.76 carat diamond ring to top it off.
The million-dollar nuptials, which Bynum called a “once-in-a-lifetime wedding,” were televised.
Bynum’s hard-knock life included a failed marriage, a battle with anorexia and being on welfare, according to
answers.com.
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The police should be investigating the fraudulent claims made by religion. Pharmaceuticals can't claim to cure a condition without the evidence of clinical trials. This guy's ministry claims that it's curing the ills of society. Turn in the evidence and we'll allow or disallow the claims.
To implement some sort of truth in advertising, maybe we could establish a Federal agency. I propose the Religion and Magic Administration.
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You LOSE.
Dude, it's a joke. Chill. I do however hate the con artists who hide behind the Constitution to prey on people's ignorance and fear. Their victims are the losers.
Glad to see all that money they are pulling in from their gullible followers is being well spent.
I guess the above statement is
suppose to mean that atheists are more likely to get in trouble than christians?
You probably also believe that Benny Hinn, Peter Poppoff and Pat Robertson are also above reproach because of your twisted christian thinking. The preachers mentioned in this
article are just more of the same ilk.
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Seem to me that you all need a wake up call to realize that if this can happen to Christian people that in the eye of the public, how much more it could happen to you.
To add to Aspen's observations, this didn't "happen to" the Bishop. He is fully accountable for his choices. It's absurd (and I daresay, immoral) to argue that he couldn't help himself; that his violent behavior was not the result of his lack of self-control. Feel free to correct me if you believe I'm wrong.
Guess not.
It's not degrading the religion to point out that there is no truth to it's claims, when even it's respected leaders show no evidence of the 'life changing power of the Holy Spirit', and are seen to be hypocritical, frivolous and extravagant spenders of the donated money they receive for their 'cause'.