Leicester Church of England: A preacher asked me out and then started stalking me

Leicester Church of England: A preacher asked me out and then started stalking me

When Jay Hulme complained about the harassment to a bishop he was accused of witchcraft.

Church of England bishop Martyn Snow accused stalking victim of "witchcraft" to protect preacher

Church of England volunteer Jay Hulme was subjected to a campaign of abuse, harassment and stalking by a lay preacher in Leicester after he turned down her advances. When he complained to his bishop, Martyn Snow, Snow not only refused to take action but accused him of witchcraft. — Read the rest The post Church of England bishop Martyn Snow accused stalking victim of "witchcraft" to protect preacher appeared first on Boing Boing.

Bishop of Leicester denies accusing stalking victim of ‘witchcraft’

THE Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, has denied accusing a stalking victim of witchcraft during an internal investigation into the conduct of a former pioneer lay minister employed by the diocese, Venessa (Vee) Pinto, later convicted ...

A preacher asked me out and then started stalking me

Aleem Maqbool, religion editor & Steve Swann File on 4 Investigates It seemed like a harmless encounter. It was the summer of 2021, and Jay Hulme, a volunteer at St Nicholas Church in Leicester, was on the door, welcoming people. That’s when Venessa walked in. “There was something awkward about her,” he recalls. “But I assumed it was about being in a new church with new people, and we were just coming out of the pandemic. There was no red flag.…