JAMAICA
Jamaica Observer
BY ALPHEA SAUNDERS Senior staff reporter saundersa@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, January 13, 2017
President of the Moravian Church in Jamaica Dr Paul Gardner and his deputy, Jermaine Gibson, have stepped away from their positions on the Provincial Elders Conference to facilitate a probe into more allegations of sexual misconduct within the church.
The conference is an executive supervisory body for the church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
The news broke yesterday amidst the turmoil surrounding the church, stemming from charges of carnal abuse and rape of a 15-year-old girl in St Elizabeth against Moravian minister Rupert Clarke.
The Jamaica Observer was told that the probe stems from a formal letter that was written to the church board. Numerous calls to both Dr Gardner’s and Rev Gibson’s mobile phones went unanswered yesterday.
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