A leader of a secretive evangelical congregation has persuaded a
magistrate to issue trespassing charges against a North Carolina state
Senate candidate who brought supporters and a TV crew along to a
scheduled meeting at the church.
Democratic candidate David Wheeler says he was invited by Jane
Whaley, the leader of the Word of Faith Fellowship, to visit the church
in Spindale, North Carolina. The church has been accused of beating
congregants to expel demons. Wheeler told The Associated Press that
Whaley and other members invited him so he could see for himself that it
is an open and loving church.
But when Wheeler arrived Tuesday with a former congregant, a church
critic and reporters, he was told to leave. The next day, Wheeler and
two people who accompanied him — a man who ran for county sheriff and a
former church member — were charged with trespassing, based on another
church leader’s complaint.
Church says candidate trespassed, but he says he was invited
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