Branham Cult Preachers Arrested at Queen's campus in Kingston
January 25, 2020
Branham "Message" cult preachers Matthew Carapella and Steven Ravbar have been arrested at Queen's Campus in Kingston. Both men were already facing criminal mischief charges in London in response to complaints of them entering a church and confronting parishioners. According to Queen's Journal:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/street-preachers-kingston-1.5439151
Research material: Matthew Carapella
The two men, identified in an April 2015 CBC report as Steven Ravbar and Matthew Carapella, held signs referencing Bible verses, including quotes like "The judgement of the great whore" and "She that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives." On their backs, the two men wore signs that said "Behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven" and "Remember Lot's wife."According to reporters, one of the women targeted by the two "Message" preachers was Tegwyn Hughes, a fourth-year history student at Queen's and a journalist with the Queen's Journal, the university's student newspaper.
As female students walked by, the two men asked if they were Christians or called them whores. They suggested women should wear "long, loose-fitting" skirts or face eternal damnation.
Hughes was notified by a friend that the men were near campus and she went to interview them for a story.
Both men refused her request for a comment but then made a remark about what she was wearing.
"They told me that wearing pants was going to drive men to lust, and that I should wear a long flowing skirt," she said. As she continued to walk away, she said the men told her she would be going to hell.
"They'd say that they were dressed whorishly, that they were listening to music that was letting Hollywood brainwash them to be immoral"Sources: https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2020-01-23/news/two-men-arrested-near-campus-after-causing-disturbance-insulting-women/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/street-preachers-kingston-1.5439151
Research material: Matthew Carapella