{"id":6733,"date":"2012-08-22T10:46:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T15:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=6733"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:49:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:49:35","slug":"crazy-preacher-todd-bentley-refused-entry-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2012\/08\/22\/crazy-preacher-todd-bentley-refused-entry-to-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Preacher Todd Bentley Refused Entry to the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\nIf you follow the lunatic fringes of Pentecostal-evangelicalism, you\u2019ve heard of Todd Bentley<\/strong>. A former child molester, Bentley is a <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-1PfkZqa_R0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube star<\/a> for screaming on stage, claiming to cure cancer, and claiming to cure that cancer by bashing old ladies\u2019 heads on stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>An evangelist preacher who has claimed he can cure people of their illnesses by hitting and kicking them has been banned from entering the UK by the Home Office.<\/p>\nTodd Bentley, a controversial revivalist healer based in the United States, had been due to hold a series of gatherings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the next few weeks. But the Home Office said Bentley, a Canadian citizen, was subject to an exclusion order and would not be permitted entry to the country.<\/p>\n\u201cWe can confirm that Mr Bentley has been excluded from the UK. The government makes no apologies for refusing people access to the UK if we believe they are not conducive to the public good. Coming here is a privilege that we refuse to extend to those who might seek to undermine our society,\u201d the Home Office said.<\/p>\nBentley, a 36-year-old former drug addict who at the age of 13 sexually assaulted a minor, reacted angrily to the decision, writing on his church\u2019s Facebook page: \u201cWhat about all the other celebrities, musicians and others with a more colorful past than me that are permitted into the UK for shows \u2026 Is this really about my past and fear of potential violence or Freedom of Religion and attack on Faith, God & Healing?\u201d [via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/aug\/21\/todd-bentley-refused-entry-to-uk\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Revivalist preacher Todd Bentley refused entry to UK | World news | The Guardian<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\nSo, kudos to our brothers and sisters in Great Britain for showing some common sense.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you follow the lunatic fringes of Pentecostal-evangelicalism, you\u2019ve heard of Todd Bentley. 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