Message Preachers Wanted By Police
According to Global News, Police are on the lookout for William Branham "Message" cult preachers Matthew Carapella and Steven Ravbar. Carapella and Ravbar were criminally charged after attacking female parishioners during a church service in the Elmwood Presbyterian Church on April 7, 2019. Apparently, Carapell and Ravbar began insulting the women using quotes from William Branham.
According to Global News, Police are on the lookout for William Branham "Message" cult preachers Matthew Carapella and Steven Ravbar. Carapella and Ravbar were criminally charged after attacking female parishioners during a church service in the Elmwood Presbyterian Church on April 7, 2019. Apparently, Carapell and Ravbar began insulting the women using quotes from William Branham.
Local media outlets have previously reported that the pair’s preachings appear to be modeled after the recorded sermons of the late William Branham, an ultra-conservative U.S. doomsday evangelist who died in 1965. According to a CBC London report from 2017, Branham led a controversial post-Second World War Pentecostal movement dubbed Latter Rain. Carapella told the outlet in an interview that Ravbar introduced him to Branham’s sermons. Branham often berated women in his sermons, frequently describing them as “instruments of Satan,” and comparing them to “dogs” and “hogs,” the CBC reported.[1]
Carapella was also involved with a separate criminal charge after attacking two women practicing yoga in the driveway at their home. The women were neighbors of Ravbar and Carapella. When police arrived on the scene, Carapella continued to scream insults at the women in front of the police.[2] Both men are also facing criminal charges for a similar incident on the campus of Queen's University in Kingston for harassing several people by "shouting insulting language"[3] and calling women "whores".[4]
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References
[1] London street preachers sought by police on near year-long arrest warrant: court documents. 2021, Oct, 27. Globalnews. Accessed 2021, Oct, 31 from https://globalnews.ca/news/8329869/london-street-preachers-police-arrest-warrant/. "2021/27/10 London street preachers sought by police on near year-long arrest warrant: court documents"
[2] London street preachers sought by police on near year-long arrest warrant: court documents. Carapella is also the subject of a separate bench warrant that was issued in February 2021 after he failed to appear in court for a charge of mischief that was laid in April of 2020, according to court documents. "London street preachers sought by police on near year-long arrest warrant: court documents. Carapella is also the subject of a separate bench warrant that was issued in February 2021 after he failed to appear in court for a charge of mischief that was laid in April of 2020, according to court documents."
[3] London street preachers sought by police on near year-long arrest warrant: court documents. The two are also facing criminal charges in connection with an incident near the campus of Queen's University in Kingston in January 2020, which saw them jointly charged with one count each of "causing a disturbance by shouting insulting language" and "harassment by threatening conduct to other person," according to court documents. "London street preachers sought by police on near year-long arrest warrant: court documents. The two are also facing criminal charges in connection with an incident near the campus of Queen's University in Kingston in January 2020, which saw them jointly charged with one count each of "causing a disturbance by shouting insulting language" and "harassment by threatening conduct to other person," according to court documents."
[4] London street preachers sought by police on near year-long arrest warrant: court documents. According to reporting published at the time by the Queen's Journal, the university's student-run newspaper, Carapella and Ravbar allegedly stood on a street corner near the school and disparaged women who walked past them, "calling them 'whores' and telling them they should wear 'long, loose-fitting skirts,'" the report said. "London street preachers sought by police on near year-long arrest warrant: court documents. According to reporting published at the time by the Queen's Journal, the university's student-run newspaper, Carapella and Ravbar allegedly stood on a street corner near the school and disparaged women who walked past them, "calling them 'whores' and telling them they should wear 'long, loose-fitting skirts,'" the report said."