ARLINGTON (TX)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
By Mark Agee
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
ARLINGTON - Bishop Terry Hornbuckle gave an impassioned sermon Sunday morning, asserting his innocence and urging the congregation to neither spread nor believe rumors and conjecture about his legal troubles.
"I think about all this stuff, and sometimes I wonder if people out there believe it," Hornbuckle told about 200 people at the church. "We're more concerned about hype, about media, about crowds, than we are about people."
The 43-year-old Arlington minister was indicted again Wednesday on new charges of drugging and sexually assaulting two women, in addition to three women connected to previous charges. All five are former members of the church Hornbuckle founded, Agape Christian Fellowship.
Hornbuckle was arrested in March and released on bail. Besides the sexual assault charges, the minister was also charged with drug possession, tampering with a witness and retaliation.
He is free on $905,000 bail.