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	Sex and Assault Part of Worship in Sheltered Deliverance South Florida Author's Book That Exposes Black Cults Creating Controversy FastPitch [Florida] April 1, 2007 http://www.fastpitchnetworking.com/pressrelease.cfm?PRID=7272 What happens when you discover a revered pastor is at the head of one of the largest and most active systems of sexual and physical abuse? For reporter, Crystal Houston - the answer was to find out as much as she could. At the end of the story, however, Crystal may end up losing her life. E. Claudette Freeman's new book SHELTERED DELIVERANCE (Authorhouse Publishing) tells a chilling story of sex, beatings and fraud all under the guise of religion. A master storyteller, Freeman pulls you in with warm reflections of life and a passionate and envious story of romance. Once she has your attention, she smoothly leads you into the demented worship practices of a pastor whose fathered a large part of his flock. Freeman says, "I really like this story. Initially it is something that I did not want to write. The story was laid in my lap and then the person that put it there - abandoned it. Yet here was these fascinating tale of a Black cult - which is something we don't hear a lot about." The award-winning playwright went on to say, "the thing that I think is most frightening about this story is that with all of the rape and assault being committed by this pastor, people stayed and believed him. It happens ... Jim Jones, David Koresh, Yahweh Ben Yahweh." SHELTERED DELIVERANCE is already opening old wounds for some, Barbara Howard, a Miami Public Relations professional was taken aback by the book. "There was no way Claudette could have known my personal story, how my children were involved with this horrible, horrible man. Yet every pain and emotion I felt trying to have a relationship with and rescue my children - she managed to uncover in this book. I have never read a book cover to cover before I put it down. She got me." Brenda Jackson, a member of the Literary Escapades Book Club agrees, "Claudette - oh my God - has written a book that you just can not put down until you finish it. You fall in love with Anthony, you get pissed off with Crystal, you want to kill this pastor. The range of emotions is crazy and you don't even realize she's changed that range until you're in the moment." Originally released in 2005 in a soft fashion, Freeman and Authorhouse Publishing have decided to re-introduce the book full steam ahead. Freeman says potentail readers and book clubs shouldn't let the church theme fool you. "It is based on true stories, it is based in the church - definitely - but it is an awesome story of not accepting an abusive relationship of any kind. In this case your very soul depends on your escape." Many find it ironic that Freeman would write a tale that clearly questions pastoral control of their members - she is after al the Station Manager of a gospel station in the Miami/ Fort Lauderdale market. "I just tell people this is not the pastor that I work for. The guy in the book is a fictional character." SHELTERED DELIVERANCE is available at www.authorhouse.com/bookstore, www.amazon.com, www.cushcity.com and bookstores across the country. For additional information on booking E. Claudette Freeman visit www.soeincorporated.com or call 786-333-1114.
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