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Judi Lynn

(160,451 posts)
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 03:54 AM Oct 2021

Human Sacrifice Is the Gruesome End to This Cult's Creepy History

‘DESPICABLE THING’
The shocking ordeal that left three people dead has “traumatized” neighbors, including those who knew cult leader Kevin Smith, who calls himself “Prophet to the Nations.”

Clinton Pickering
Updated Oct. 20, 2021 8:06PM ET Published Oct. 20, 2021 8:00PM ET

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA—The 144 men, women and children summoned to church, robed in white, found themselves witnessing a macabre ritual of sacrificial death and facing the long arms of police and military personnel.

The hellish nightmare played out in the Jamaican city of Montego Bay on the night of Sunday, Oct. 17, in contravention of a government decree that, with a few exceptions, there should be no movement islandwide in keeping with ongoing efforts to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. If anyone saw this coming, they had kept it secret. Even some police officers were among the church’s congregation, the city’s Police Commissioner, Antony Anderson, said in a press briefing about the incident.

The church of the self-styled “Prophet to the Nations,” proclaimed as His Excellency Dr. Kevin O. Smith, has been operating for many years under his Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries. A copy of his biography obtained by The Daily Beast identifies Smith as “former crown Ambassador of the Throne of Nubia Sheba, globe traveller to over 100 countries worldwide and Yeshu’a Hamashiach end time Prophet to the Nations.”

“It traumatized me so much I’ve not been sleeping or eating well.”

In Facebook posts on Sunday, Smith had warned his followers of an incoming “flood” and instructed them not to take their cell phones to church that evening, but one member’s disobedience might have prevented a massacre. The police disclosed that it was an errant female follower who was overwhelmed by the sight of another young lady being killed in front of the congregation that caused her to leave and call the police.The Pathways Christian Cathedral, approximately a mile from downtown Montego Bay, became the scene of a deadly confrontation when police and army personnel responded to the call.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/human-sacrifice-is-the-gruesome-end-to-jamaican-cults-creepy-history

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Human Sacrifice Is the Gruesome End to This Cult's Creepy History (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2021 OP
Now Smith is dead too luckone Oct 2021 #1
My condolences top the officer and his family rpannier Oct 2021 #2
Made for 'made for TV' TV special plot. marble falls Oct 2021 #3
This happened over 3 years ago--- packman Oct 2021 #4
He died on Monday luckone Oct 2021 #5

luckone

(21,646 posts)
1. Now Smith is dead too
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 04:34 AM
Oct 2021

Died in a car accident that took place while police were transporting Smith from Montego Bay to Kingston where he was set to be formally charged in connection with the murders. A police officer also died in the accident

rpannier

(24,328 posts)
2. My condolences top the officer and his family
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 05:08 AM
Oct 2021

As to the rev smith... may he rot
He didn't die early enough
To hell with his ministry and its memberts

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