Witnesses recount events when Bishop Fraser faced sex abuse allegations

Thu, Dec 16th 2010, 07:00 AM

Several more witnesses gave their account of what transpired at Pilgrim Baptist Temple on Palm Sunday 2006, when Bishop Earl Randy Fraser was confronted with sex abuse allegations.

Bishop Fraser has pleaded not guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old girl between July 2005 and February 2006.
According to witnesses, Bishop Fraser had offered to counsel the girl, who attended his church.
Ruth Edgecombe, a senior adjutant to the bishop and a member of Pilgrim Baptist Temple on St James Road since 1983, recalled that she was sitting on the pulpit on Palm Sunday when she heard a commotion.
Mrs Edgecombe said that she s ...

Several more witnesses gave their account of what transpired at Pilgrim Baptist Temple on Palm Sunday 2006, when Bishop Earl Randy Fraser was confronted with sex abuse allegations.

Bishop Fraser has pleaded not guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old girl between July 2005 and February 2006.
According to witnesses, Bishop Fraser had offered to counsel the girl, who attended his church.

Ruth Edgecombe, a senior adjutant to the bishop and a member of Pilgrim Baptist Temple on St James Road since 1983, recalled that she was sitting on the pulpit on Palm Sunday when she heard a commotion.

Mrs Edgecombe said that she s ...

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