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	I. Ranfurly Brown's Accuser Testifies By Artesia Davis The Nassau Guardian June 24, 2009 http://www.thenassauguardian.com/pulse/294793090235171.php Anglican priest I. Ranfurly Brown allegedly pushed, slapped and choked a teenage girl while at a church-sponsored picnic at Nirvana Beach, his accuser claimed during testimony in the magistrates court yesterday. Brown, the rector of St. Agnes Church who was in charge of the picnic, is on trial for allegedly assaulting the 14-year-old on October 13, 2008. The girl and several of her teenage friends testified about the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault during the first day of the case that is being heard by Magistrate Ancella Evans-Williams. The names of the alleged victim and her friends have not been disclosed because they are minors. According to the complainant, she and her friends were talking to a group of boys when Brown ordered them to move to another section of the beach. The girl said they moved away, but she and another friend stopped and spoke to another boy. That's when she alleged Brown said, "I already tell you to move — so move." The girl said Brown started pushing her and she asked him to stop. She said Brown slapped her when she "flung" him off after he grabbed her shirt. The girl said she hit Brown back and they started to fight. She said he eventually pushed her in the sand, sat on her before he put both hands around her neck and slapped her again. She claimed that other church members lifted Brown off of her. During cross-examination by lawyer Wayne Munroe, the girl agreed that slapping was a form of punishment, but she added that she had done nothing wrong. She also conceded that adult authority figures had punished her before when she did not think she had misbehaved. She agreed that Brown told her she was "a stinking rude girl." The girl said she had never retaliated when her parents slapped her. The girl denied a suggestion that she told Brown to "get your [expletive deleted] off of me." The girl's mother also testified that she was present when police recorded a statement from her daughter about the incident. During cross-examination, the mother agreed that she did not approve of her child performing oral sex on a male or being openly promiscuous at a church beach picnic. However, Munroe never suggested to the girl that she had been engaged in lewd conduct on the beach. The case continues on September 3. Brown is also represented by Anthony McKinney and Damian Gomez. Sergeant 1385 Timothy Saunders is the prosecutor. Contact: artesia@nasguard.com
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