Mega Pastor Creflo Dollar Arrested For Allegedly Choking And Punching His Daughter
Megachurch pastor and televangelist Creflo Dollar — who has drawn scrutiny for his flashy lifestyle and preaching that prosperity is good — was arrested early Friday after authorities say he slightly hurt his 15-year-old daughter in a fight at his metro Atlanta home.
Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of domestic violence at the home in unincorporated Fayette County around 1 a.m., said investigator Brent Rowan. The pastor and his daughter were arguing over whether she could go to a party when Dollar “got physical” with her, leaving her with “superficial injuries,” Rowan said.
The 15-year-old was the one who called authorities, and her 19-year-old sister corroborated the story, Rowan said.
Dollar faces misdemeanor charges of simple battery and cruelty to children. He bonded out of Fayette County jail Friday morning.
“As a father I love my children and I always have their best interest at heart at all times, and I would never use my hand to ever cause bodily harm to my children,” Dollar said in a statement released by his lawyer Nikki Bonner. “The facts in this case will be handled privately to further protect my children. My family thanks you for your prayers and continued support.”
Dollar will make no further comments since he’s involved in the ongoing criminal matter, but he is expected to preach Sunday, Bonner said.
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I, FIND, IT IRONIC, THAT, PASTOR DOLLAR, IS PAID, HUNDREDS, OF THOUSANDS, OF DOLLARS, FOR, SPEAKING, ENGAGEMENTS, FROM, ALL OVER, THE WORLD, BUT, YET, HE, CAN’T, SIT DOWN, AND TALK, TO HIS OWN CHILD, WITHOUT GETTING, VIOLENT. AS, A CHRISTIAN, I AM TOTALLY, EMBARRASSED, BY, THIS, SHAMEFUL, BEHAVIOR, BY, THESE HIGH PROFILE PASTORS. PASTOR DOLLAR, BROUGHT, THIS MESS, ON HIMSELF, HE HAD ALREADY, TOLD, HIS, DAUGHTER, SHE, COULDN’T, GO TO THE PARTY, THAT, SHOULD, HAVE, BEEN, THE END, OF THE CONVERSATION, LIGHTS, OUT, GOOD NIGHT, BUT, HE, HAD, TO FOLLOWER, HER, INTO, THE KITCHEN, TO ASK, HER, WHY, WAS, SHE CRYING, WHO CARES, IF SHE, WAS CRYING, SO WHAT, LET HER CRY. I RAISED, TWO DAUGHTERS, BY MYSELF, AND I NEVER, LAID A HAND ON MY CHILDREN. THERE, WERE, SOME TRYING, TIMES, BUT, I TALKED, TO MY GIRLS, AND BELIEVE ME, IT WORKS, THEY ARE NOW 25, AND 35 YEARS OLD NOW, AND THEY ARE, WONDERFUL, YOUNG WOMEN. PASTOR DAUGHTER CALLED 911, AND SAID, HER FATHER, CHOKED, PUNCHED, AND THREW HER, TO THE FLOOR, AND, TO MAKE, MATTERS, WORSE, HER BIG SISTER, BACKED, UP HER STORY. SO, WHAT, WAS, THE POLICE, SUPPOSE, TO DO, IGNORE, THIS, ABUSE, JUST, BECAUSE, HE’S, A PASTOR. WHIPPING, IS SUCH, A BIG, PART, OF OUR CULTURE, IT IS A LEARNED, BEHAVIOR, AND, IT STEMS, FROM SLAVERY. WHEN EVER, THE SLAVES, WOULD, TRY TO LEAVE, OR STAND UP, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR OWNERS, WOULD WHIP, THEM, TO GET THEM, BACK IN LINE, SADLY, THIS INHUMANE TREATMENT, HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATIONS.
Wow….everybody is capable of everything