JAMAICA
The Gleaner
Sunday | January 8, 2017
Tamara Bailey, Gleaner Writer
Sunday service at the Nazareth Moravian Church in Manchester was the scene of a peaceful protest this morning by 14 women rallying support for the 15-year-old St Elizabeth girl allegedly abused by 64-year-old Rupert Clarke, the pastor of the congregation.
The 64-year-old pastor charged with having sex with a minor has been granted bail in the St Elizabeth Parish Court.
Clad in t-shirts bearing messages against sexual abuse, the women sat in the front rows of the congregation this morning.
The women, some of whom were themselves victims of sexual assault, expressed their anger at the church’s silence on the matter.
“They weren’t forced out of the church or anything but they definitely received some verbal attacks,” said a representative for the group, Taitu Heron noting that the women arrived in two sets.
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