Td jakes son gay
When preachers pontificate too much from on High about the sins of homosexual sex, the cautionary tale is to be diligent of what you say, because your words invariable will approach back to bite you, as we have seen with fallen evangelical star the Rev. Ted Haggard.
For Bishop T. D. Jakes, the internationally known African-American evangelical star dubbed as the Black Billy Graham, his rantings against homosexuality have come support to bite him in the form of his oldest son&#;s recent arrest.
On Jan. 3, Jermaine Jakes was arrested in a sex sting for openly soliciting gay sex from an undercover vice detective in a general park just a few blocks from his father&#;s church, The Potter&#;s House, a 30,member megachurch in Dallas, Texas.
The arrest warrant affidavit filed by Dallas police detectives on Jermaine Jakes stated the following:
&#;Suspect Jakes walked directly over to where Detective X was, and stood next to Detective X with his penis exposed through his unzipped pants. &#; Suspect Jakes committed the offense of indecent exposure by exposing his erect penis in a public pl
While T.D. Jakes, pastor of the Potter’s House megaministry, has cited scheduling conflicts for the cancellation of his St. Louis speaking engagement next Friday at the Chaifetz Arena. But some are speculating that the release of data concerning his son’s arrest may hold led to his decision. Jermaine Jakes faces a ask for of indecent exposure related to an incident in a southern Dallas park last month, Dallas police said.
Jermaine Jakes, 29, is accused of exposing himself in front of an undercover Dallas police vice detective at Kiest Park, near West Kiest Boulevard and South Hampton Road, on the night of Jan. 3, police said.
According to a Dallas Police Department arrest warrant affidavit, Jakes exposed himself to two undercover vice detectives at Keist Park.
The affidavit says Jakes walked up to one of the detectives at the park with his pants unzipped. Jakes then began to masturbate while making eye contact with the detective, according to the affidavit.
The detectives arrested Jakes on a charge of indecent exposure.
He was detained at the scene and released.
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Celebrity pastor TD Jakes denies gay sex assault claim in his explosive defamation lawsuit
Megachurch pastor TD Jakes brought a defamation claim in November against a former pastor, saying explosive allegations of a decades aged sexual assault were false.
Former pastor Duane Youngblood, 58, accused Jakes, 67, in a podcast last year of attempting to corner and involuntarily kiss him over 40 years ago.
Last month, Youngblood filed a motion to strike the defamation complaint. His brother Richard filed an affidavit in support of Duane's motion and claimed the megachurch donor preyed upon him years ago when they shared a hotel room during a ministry bed, alleging similar behavior to his brother's first accusation.
Richard wrote in his affidavit: '[Jakes] secured a room with two beds in it, and we went to the room for the night. That night, while I was laying in my bed, I felt Elder Jakes climb into my bed.
'He pressed his body against mine and asked, 'Youngblood, do you feel that?' He was referencing his erection that he was pressing against my backside.
'I got up out of be
Bishop T.D. Jakes Speaks Out About Son&#;s Gay Sex Arrest
Bishop T.D. Jakes, the homophobic Dallas megachurch pastor whose son was arrested last week after displaying himself and masturbating in front of law enforcement officers during a sex sting in a general park, released a utterance over the weekend (which he also read to his congregation) distancing himself from his son's conduct by pointing out that Jermaine Jakes is an adult. Bishop Jakes also says that his son is being shown a “restorative grace” indicative of his ministry.
According to the Dallas Voice, Jakes has said that he would never hire a sexually active gay person, has spoken out against homosexual marriage, and has called homosexuality a “brokenness.”
Jermaine Jakes turned himself in to police last Thursday on an indecent exposure charge.
Read the full text of Jakes' statement, AFTER THE JUMP…
***FULL TEXT of BISHOP TD JAKES STATEMENT regarding SON'S ARREST***
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