NBC5i [Fort Worth TX]
February 3, 2007
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10915742/detail.html
A woman is suing a Fort Worth reverend, saying he physically and sexually abused her.
Davina Kelly, 33, said that she worked as a housekeeper at the Shiloh Institutional Church of God and the Rev. Sherman Allen's home and began seeing Allen for counseling in 2001. She said he spanked her as part of her spiritual counseling and later coerced her into a sexual relationship.
"It was something I had never heard of before, but for the most part, because I trusted him, because I believed him, because I saw him as a man of God, I believe -- as odd as it sounded -- he was hearing from God and I really didn't question it because of that," Kelly said.
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Allen was unavailable for comment, but the church issued a statement that indicated Allen had not been served with any court papers as of Friday.
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