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Fort Worth pastor indicted on rape under guise of casting out demons
Source:Associated Press

FORT WORTH -- A pastor accused of raping a church member at his house last year under the guise of casting out demons has been indicted.

Leonard Ray Owens, 63, who is free on $25,000 bail, is now awaiting trial on a charge of sexual assault, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison. He was arrested in November.

Police began investigating Owens last year after a 22-year-old woman reported that Owens raped her twice at his Fort Worth home. The woman told police that in July, several months after she began attending the Prayer House of Faith, she went to Owens' home for counseling following a miscarriage.

Owens told her that a sex spirit and lesbian demon were inside her and needed to be cast out, police said. The pastor then asked her to lie on the floor and began yelling at her as if she were a demon, saying, "Loose her in the name of Jesus," according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

The woman told police that Owens pulled down her pants as he called for the demons to come out. When she tried to get up, he pushed her down, the affidavit said. The pastor then began to fight with her as if she were a demon before climbing on top of her, pinning her down and raping her, police have said.

Then Owens, a self-proclaimed prophet, ordered her to wash her face in the name of Jesus and to read Psalm 105:15, which says to do no harm to prophets, the woman told police.

The woman told officers that Owens raped her again a month later, after he asked her to go to his house to pray for another woman.

Owens has denied having sexual contact with the woman, police have said.
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The woman told police that Owens pulled down her pants as he called for the demons to come out.

^that is priceless....

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Originally Posted by a-bomb83

^^thats what i don't understand. why are the murderer's and others like them on such a high horse? they aren't any better than the rapists, molesters etc... what makes them think rapists and molesters need a beating/raping? i think its an excuse to get their jollys off.

Well, think about it like this. A child that is molested by someone they know it is violation of trust. That child is going to be screwed up for life propbably and it's an unfair situation for the child. It's not like the child can fight back in most cases. So, I think child molestors should get their ass beat worse than anyone else. If I had to choose between murder and child molestation I would say the child molestation is worse to me. But, and that's a big but, it all depends on the type of murder. I'm not saying taking a life is less of a crime but I just 'personally' have this thing about people who do stuff to kids. It just makes me sick to my stomach. I just can't explain it. Yes, I think murder is bad too but if I were to hear one day that some guy went a killed his girlfirend and his girlfriend's child my heart just aches for that child. That poor defensless child who couldn't fight back even if they wanted to.

And, don't forget, not everyone in prison is in for murder. I watched a thing on TV the other day that said over 50% of prison inmates are in for drug offenses. That leaves murder, white collar crime, armed robbery, assult, rape, child molestation, child pornogpraphy, embezzlement, tax fraud, indenty theft and all the others make up less than 50%.