90.3 WCPN ideastream®: Mt Pleasant’s Pastors Call For Prayer, And Investigation
Mt Pleasant’s Pastors Call For Prayer, And Investigation
Thursday, November 5, 2009
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As the investigation into nearly a dozen bodies discovered in Cleveland's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood moves forward, area clergy are seizing the opportunity to forge stronger community bonds. ideastream®'s Rick Jackson reports.
The discovery of the bodies at the home of suspect Anthony Sowell have become a catalyst for Mount Pleasant.
At a press conference this morning, more than three dozen Cleveland clergy - members of the Mount pleasant Ministerial Alliance - consoled families of victims and neighborhood residents traumatized by the events of the last week.
The group called for called for an independent investigation into procedural aspects of the case, and urged families of missing women to supply police with their DNA - for testing.
Rodney Maiden, Senior Pastor of Providence Baptist Church, said the community is determined nor to let murder and other crimes to define it.
REVEREND RODNEY MAIDEN “And this is no time for us or you to point fingers or blame at anyone other than the one who committed this vicious act, and he needs our prayers as well. (Amens follow.....)”
Reverend Eugene Ward is the Auxiliary Bishop of the Greater Peace Church of Deliverance, praised the city and the police department, but called on congregations to stay vigilant.
REVEREND EUGENE WARD “There’s a demon in this community. And we who are in the faith-based community and those who sit in the pews must do everything that we can to fight the demons that continue to plague our community.”
The Alliance has planned a Sunday evening prayer vigil (6:00pm) - to be hosted by the Mount Olive Baptist Church.
Rick Jackson, 90.3.
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