LGBT+ church leader arrested after Metro investigation into 'sexual abuse'

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Metro has spoken to an alleged sexual abuse victim of a senior leader of an LGBTQ+ church in the UK, amid 'cover up' scandal.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Queer Christian s have accused a former leader of a British LGBTQ+ church of sexual abuse and church bosses of ‘covering it up’. The alleged victims claim they were touched, groped and harassed by the same individual at Sunday services in the UK and social functions over a 13-month period.

An audio recording heard by Metro showed an alleged victim replying: ‘Your process hasn’t consulted me and I was sexually assaulted in this room against that wall.’ ‘They sexually assaulted me, they touched my ass and they grabbed it. Theytouched me and the investigation has never spoken to me despite me reaching out to them for three months,’ they added. The reverend asked them to leave or: ‘I am going to have to call the police’.

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