Members of a church in northern St Catherine say they are very upset about an incident last Sunday when their pastor beat a church member with a macka stick to exorcise demons.
The woman, a teacher, is said to have been beaten with the stick and a Bible after the pastor began walking up and down and then decided to exorcise the demons within her.
A member of the church told THE WEEKEND STAR that the pastor came from the altar with other elders and first began beating the woman in the face with the Bible.
It is alleged that the woman normally suffers from depression and was receiving counselling for her problems.
One member said, "Mi cah believe how the woman get beat suh bad, and the pastor deh nuh easy. A Bellevue him fi guh, cause a him mad."
The source further said that the pastor had commented before the incident that; "I plan to beat someone in church today. Me a bad man fi God and mi nuh fraid a nobody."
He is said to have then pro-ceeded to beat her in the face with the Bible and the stick.
Attempts by THE WEEKEND STAR to speak to the woman proved futile and we were told by a friend that she was too embarrassed to speak about the incident
An ordained minister, however, when questioned about such incidents said that it's not usually done in the church denomination in which it occurred; "But this has happened before. There was a case that I am aware of, where a leader used a piece of board to beat one member said to be demon possessed unconscious and the person actually died."
He further said, "However, the persons intentions were possibly honourable but it can still end badly. These things come out of rivalist traditions, but human interest must always be protected."
Source: http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20111223/news/news1.html
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