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	More Women Accuse Charismatic Archbishop of Sexual Abuse By Jessica Pupovac AHN November 20, 2007 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009217866 Decatur, GA (AHN) - The charismatic figurehead of a multi-million dollar mega-church in suburban Atlanta is embroiled in a collosal sex scandal that now involves at least ten women, including his sister-in-law. Beginning in 2002, women began coming forward, accusing 80-year-old Archbishop Earl Paulk, co-founder of Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church, of coercing them into having sex with him, telling them that it was "God's will." Another woman, now in her early 20s, claimed that as a young child, Paulk molested her. However, it was not until a paternity test, ordered in late-October, revealed that Paulk had fathered a child with his brother's wife, Clariece Paulk, that the scandal exploded. In the past month, according to Fox News Atlanta, at least seven more women have come forward, claiming that they, too, have had sex or have been sexually abused by the charismatic leader - including his own granddaughter. One of the women claim Paulk got her pregnant and drove her to an abortion clinic to terminate the pregnancy. Paulk is now facing additional charges for lying under oath about having sex outside of his marriage. Paulk, his brother Don, and his sister-in-law Clariece founded the Chapel Hill Harvester Church, which now sits on a 100-acre lot in the suburbs of Atlanta. In the early 1990s, the church claimed approximately 10,000 members, enabling it to expand to include a Bible college, two schools, a worldwide TV ministry. Since the sex-scandals began, the church membership has dwindled significantly.
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