Sept 4 trial date set for Pastor Lewis

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The trial of Jamaican-born American evangelist Paul Lewis who is accused of sexually assaulting two teenaged girls has stalled.

The prosecution on Tuesday asked for more time to prepare its case.

A September 4 trial date has now been set and the court has extended the pastor's bail.

Reverend Lewis was ordered to surrender his travel documents when he appeared in court in June.

A stop order was imposed barring him from leaving the country.

Pastor Lewis, who is the head of the Paul Lewis Ministries, was charged on June 17.

He was in Jamaica on the invitation of a local church Ministry and is accused of assaulting the teens in a Westmoreland hotel.

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Re: Sept 4 trial date set for Pastor Lewis

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The trial of Jamaican-born American evangelist Paul Lewis who is accused of sexually assaulting two teenaged girls has stalled.

The prosecution on Tuesday asked for more time to prepare its case.

A September 4 trial date has now been set and the court has extended the pastor's bail.

Reverend Lewis was ordered to surrender his travel documents when he appeared in court in June.

A stop order was imposed barring him from leaving the country.

Pastor Lewis, who is the head of the Paul Lewis Ministries, was charged on June 17.

He was in Jamaica on the invitation of a local church Ministry and is accused of assaulting the teens in a Westmoreland hotel.


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Re: Sept 4 trial date set for Pastor Lewis

Rev Lewis' case put off until Sept 4
Published: Wednesday | August 5, 2009


Adrian Frater, News Editor
WESTERN BUREAU:

<span style="font-style: italic">Christian</span> worshippers burst into spontaneous prayer outside the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday as celebrity pastor the Reverend Dr Paul Lewis made another appearance in his carnal abuse case.

However, like the Brooklyn, United States-based pastor's last trip to the courthouse, there was a quick adjournment because the prosecution's case against him was not ready.

Lewis, who is facing carnal abuse and indecent assault charges, had his $1 million bail extended until his Thursday, September 4, court date.

It is anticipated that the much-publicised case against him will start then.

Allegations

The pastor with a massive following both locally and overseas spent several days in the Savanna-la-Mar Police Station lock-up in the aftermath of the incident, in which he allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl.

Allegations against the pastor are that in June, he met the 15-year-old at a convention in Little London, Westmoreland, where he was a guest preacher. He reportedly exchanged telephone numbers with the girl and, in a subsequent meeting, took her and a 14-year-old female companion with him on a trip to Clarendon.

On their return to Westmoreland, the girls stayed with him at his Negril hotel. It was during that night that the alleged sexual encounter took place as her companion watched.

Persons became suspicious when they saw the pastor with the girls and alerted the police. Lewis was subsequently arrested and charged based on statements from the girls.

Lewis, who is a widely travelled preacher, is the founder and president of The Messengers For Christ Ministries World Healing Centre based in New York.

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