UNITED KINGDOM
The Sun
A CHURCH minister ordered women to strip naked and spanked them to “cast out evil spirits”, a court heard yesterday.
Howard Curtis, 72, is accused of targeting vulnerable women who came to him for counselling over depression and domestic abuse.
But a jury was told that instead of helping them, he forced them to take part in bizarre rituals for his own sexual gratification.
Prosecutor Jane Osborne said: “He would conduct something known as deliverance ministry — said to be casting out evil spirits.
“This would be done by striking flesh with a bare hand.
“He would spank them over their bare bottoms, getting them to strip naked during the counselling under the guise of helping them get over their former abuse.”
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