For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality...
Jude 1:4 NIV
"South Carolina police say they are now investigating video evidence that accuses controversial radio evangelist Pastor Ralph Gordon Stair, also known asBrother R.G. Stair and "the prophet," of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl and touching the breast of a 12-year-old girl in his church while
the congregation watched.
Stair, 84, who leads the Overcomer Ministry community in Walterboro, pleaded guilty in 2004 of fondling two former female residents. Members of the community live, work and raise their children there. New members can only move there after they accept Stair as the "last day prophet," take a vow of poverty and donate all their property and financial assets to the ministry.
In one of the controversial videos currently being investigated, Stair cups and pats the breast of a 12-year-old girl as members of his church watch.
"How old are you hon?" Stairs asks the girl in the video. When she tells him that she is just 12, he replies, "Twelve, getting right close to it now" to indicate that she is close to the age where she could start having sex. That age, according to a man narrating the video who says he is a former member of the church, is 13.
As the video continues, Stair tells the girl to come up to the front of the church after previously hugging her.
"Come here, I'll show you, just look, look here," he says.
He then makes the 12-year-old face the congregation then places his hand between her breasts.
"Growing up," he says, before cupping and patting her right breast. He then sends her back to her seat and promises to stay on her case.
"I'm gonna touch those things till nobody else can touch 'em," he says in the video about her breasts.
In another video, a 16-year-old girl named Natosha who claims she is being forced to attend his church, says she was sexually assaulted by Stair while working at his compound for five months.
"I'm here to talk about an incident with a man named R.G. Stair. For five months, I went to work at the community. The first month, he would find me in the dining hall and touch my butt a lot. The second month, he would come in and he would start lifting up my shirt and touching me sexually. And the third and fourth month, he would just repeat himself," she explained.
It wasn't until the fifth month she said, that Stair took his predatory behavior to another level.
"The fifth month, he asked me to go to the radio room and I didn't want to go there. I did not," she said.
"He wanted to give me something so I went. When we got inside he gave me what he wanted to give me and then he started fondling my breasts. And he kept asking me 'Do you feel good, do you feel good.' And I didn't say anything because I didn't know what to do. I just didn't. And so I turned around to go out the door and he grabbed me from behind, wrapped his arms around me and he said, 'I wish I could keep you in here longer.' Then he started touching and rubbing................," she said.
In another instance, Stair offers a rub down to an overweight young girl.
"She get fat see," he says as the young girl walked up to him at the church. "You don't get like your sister do you?" he asked her as she replies "no."
"Why you big ol' fat thing. Big mouth, smart aleck," he responds. "Ahhh," he continues with a sigh until he embraces her and pats her down with his hands extending down the small of her back.
"She getting' fat. I know 'cause I feel it," he tells the congregation as he continues patting her down.
"You gaining weight?" he soon asks. She shook her head and said "no."
He laughs, cups her face with both hands and says: "We gon' make it. We gon' make it nice and slim. Slim and trim. I'll give you a rub down. You shouldn't mess with a woman's breast. Why not? I love them," he says while making sucking sounds and smacking his lips.
"Ralph Gordon Stairs' MO is to prep young girls' minds to accept what is eventually to become a sexual assault. He uses his influence, his position and spiritual power to control them. It's only within the last six months that he's beginning to do it publicly," the former member said.
Lt. Tyger Benton of the Colleton County Sheriff's Office told The Christian Post Friday that they were sent the videos about two weeks ago and are currently investigating." CP
Brother Stair believes in:
*King James Only,
*speaking in tongues,
*Jesus-only baptism,
*New World Order conspiracy theories,
*rejection of modern technology/medicine (except for, obviously, radio) and
*living in an isolated agrarian community like the Amish,
*rejection of the celebration of holidays like Christmas and Easter,
*men having to wear beards and women having to keep their hair in buns
*Sabbath Service every Saturday at 10:00am
Jude 1:4 NIV
"South Carolina police say they are now investigating video evidence that accuses controversial radio evangelist Pastor Ralph Gordon Stair, also known as
Stair, 84, who leads the Overcomer Ministry community in Walterboro, pleaded guilty in 2004 of fondling two former female residents. Members of the community live, work and raise their children there. New members can only move there after they accept Stair as the "last day prophet," take a vow of poverty and donate all their property and financial assets to the ministry.
"How old are you hon?" Stairs asks the girl in the video. When she tells him that she is just 12, he replies, "Twelve, getting right close to it now" to indicate that she is close to the age where she could start having sex. That age, according to a man narrating the video who says he is a former member of the church, is 13.
As the video continues, Stair tells the girl to come up to the front of the church after previously hugging her.
"Come here, I'll show you, just look, look here," he says.
He then makes the 12-year-old face the congregation then places his hand between her breasts.
"Growing up," he says, before cupping and patting her right breast. He then sends her back to her seat and promises to stay on her case.
"I'm gonna touch those things till nobody else can touch 'em," he says in the video about her breasts.
In another video, a 16-year-old girl named Natosha who claims she is being forced to attend his church, says she was sexually assaulted by Stair while working at his compound for five months.
"I'm here to talk about an incident with a man named R.G. Stair. For five months, I went to work at the community. The first month, he would find me in the dining hall and touch my butt a lot. The second month, he would come in and he would start lifting up my shirt and touching me sexually. And the third and fourth month, he would just repeat himself," she explained.
It wasn't until the fifth month she said, that Stair took his predatory behavior to another level.
"The fifth month, he asked me to go to the radio room and I didn't want to go there. I did not," she said.
"He wanted to give me something so I went. When we got inside he gave me what he wanted to give me and then he started fondling my breasts. And he kept asking me 'Do you feel good, do you feel good.' And I didn't say anything because I didn't know what to do. I just didn't. And so I turned around to go out the door and he grabbed me from behind, wrapped his arms around me and he said, 'I wish I could keep you in here longer.' Then he started touching and rubbing................," she said.
In another instance, Stair offers a rub down to an overweight young girl.
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| In 2004, Stair pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of assault and battery by fondling the two former residents, and was sentenced to time served, a total of 77 days in custody. During his incarceration, recorded programs continued to be broadcast. Stair's conviction caused division in the community, and about 40 members of the community left. However, about 70 residents remained loyal to him and there are two small branch communities, which are part of his ministry One former member began his own shortwave program after leaving the community. |
"Why you big ol' fat thing. Big mouth, smart aleck," he responds. "Ahhh," he continues with a sigh until he embraces her and pats her down with his hands extending down the small of her back.
"She getting' fat. I know 'cause I feel it," he tells the congregation as he continues patting her down.
"You gaining weight?" he soon asks. She shook her head and said "no."
He laughs, cups her face with both hands and says: "We gon' make it. We gon' make it nice and slim. Slim and trim. I'll give you a rub down. You shouldn't mess with a woman's breast. Why not? I love them," he says while making sucking sounds and smacking his lips.
"Ralph Gordon Stairs' MO is to prep young girls' minds to accept what is eventually to become a sexual assault. He uses his influence, his position and spiritual power to control them. It's only within the last six months that he's beginning to do it publicly," the former member said.
Lt. Tyger Benton of the Colleton County Sheriff's Office told The Christian Post Friday that they were sent the videos about two weeks ago and are currently investigating." CP
*King James Only,
*speaking in tongues,
*Jesus-only baptism,
*New World Order conspiracy theories,
*rejection of modern technology/medicine (except for, obviously, radio) and
*living in an isolated agrarian community like the Amish,
*rejection of the celebration of holidays like Christmas and Easter,
*men having to wear beards and women having to keep their hair in buns
*Sabbath Service every Saturday at 10:00am