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12 HATE IS HATE<br />
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14 ACHIEVING BALANCE<br />
KINFOLKZ ON BLACK<br />
QUEER JOY<br />
16 <strong>THE</strong> RAINBOW ROAD<br />
UPCOMING<br />
QUEER EVENTS<br />
18 LA VIDA JUSTA<br />
RICKY MARTIN’S<br />
VICTORY SPEECH<br />
20 DEMON SEMEN<br />
PASTOR ACCUSED<br />
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT<br />
22 SPIRITUAL GLOBAL<br />
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25 MEADOWHAWK<br />
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06 <strong>THE</strong> EDITOR<br />
08 <strong>THE</strong> TALK<br />
10 <strong>THE</strong> CITY<br />
11 <strong>THE</strong> NATION<br />
24 <strong>THE</strong> PROFILE<br />
26 <strong>THE</strong> EVENT<br />
28 <strong>THE</strong> MUSIC<br />
30 <strong>THE</strong> CALENDAR<br />
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the opportunity presented by a rare<br />
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living and streets awash in human<br />
misery. Even our elected officials take<br />
a break from failing to adequately<br />
address our crises of homelessness<br />
and affordability, to have themselves<br />
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DEMON<br />
SEMEN<br />
Pastor said he was sucking<br />
demons out of men he sexually<br />
assaulted, lawsuit claims.<br />
BY VICTOR MELAMED<br />
ONE OF <strong>THE</strong> MEN<br />
SAID THAT AFTER<br />
HIS ASSAULT,<br />
WEAVER ALLEGEDLY<br />
“LIFTED MY HEAD<br />
UP AND LOOKED<br />
INTO MY EYES, AND<br />
SAID, ‘YOU DON’T<br />
HAVE TO BE AFRAID<br />
ANYMORE, I’M YOUR<br />
PROTECTOR NOW.’”<br />
A<br />
Presbyterian minister in New<br />
Jersey is accused of sexually<br />
assaulting several parishioners<br />
under the guise of exorcising<br />
evil spirits reports Newsweek.<br />
Three men have come forward claiming<br />
Rev. Dr. William Weaver performed<br />
sex acts on them when they came to<br />
him for private counseling at Linden<br />
Presbyterian Church. Weaver, 69, would<br />
allegedly tell the men that he needed<br />
to “suck” out demons through their semen,<br />
citing Native American rituals and<br />
a verse from Ephesians telling Christians<br />
to “put on the full armor of God.”<br />
According to impact statements the<br />
men submitted to the Presbytery of<br />
Elizabeth, which has jurisdiction over<br />
the church in Linden, Weaver would<br />
order each to strip naked and lie down.<br />
Then he would place an “angel coin”<br />
on their foreheads and have them balance<br />
stones on their hands and ankles,<br />
reports Newsweek.<br />
Weaver would then allegedly perform<br />
oral sex on them.<br />
One man, A.J. Meeker, says he<br />
started seeing Weaver about family<br />
problems in 2000, when he was 20. “I<br />
refuse to stay silent any longer,” he<br />
wrote in his statement. “I need to make<br />
sure that this never happens to anyone<br />
else ever again.”<br />
Another man, Jared Staunton, said<br />
that after his assault, Weaver “lifted<br />
my head up and looked into my eyes,<br />
and said, ‘You don’t have to be afraid<br />
anymore, I’m your protector now.’”<br />
With that, Staunton said, the minister<br />
kissed him on the lips, reports<br />
Newsweek.<br />
In addition to working at Linden<br />
Presbyterian for 39 years, Weaver also<br />
served as chaplain for the local chapter of<br />
the Vietnam Veterans Association. Audrey<br />
Pereira, a representative for the chapter,<br />
described him as “a Jekyll and Hyde.”<br />
“He did good on one hand,” she<br />
told My Central Jersey. “On the other<br />
hand, he did this evil to who knows<br />
how many. It can’t just have been these<br />
guys. There has to be more.”<br />
An investigation by the Presbytery<br />
found credible evidence of “multiple<br />
acts of idolatry and sexual misconduct.”<br />
It also reportedly uncovered gay<br />
porn on a church-owned computer in<br />
Weaver’s office.<br />
A church trial was set to start on<br />
January 25, but Weaver renounced the<br />
Presbytery and its jurisdiction the day<br />
before. He has subsequently moved<br />
to a gated retirement community in<br />
Lakewood, about an hour away from<br />
Linden.<br />
Meeker, Staunton and another male<br />
parishioner reportedly took their case<br />
to secular authorities, as well, but the<br />
Union County Prosecutor’s Office says it<br />
cannot confirm or deny any details.<br />
In June, the three men, along with<br />
a woman who claims Weaver similarly<br />
assaulted her, filed a lawsuit in<br />
Middlesex County Superior Court.<br />
In addition to Weaver, they are suing<br />
the Linden Presbyterian Church,<br />
the Presbytery of Elizabeth and the<br />
Presbyterian Church (USA).<br />
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