Judge Condemns the Universal Church for Sterilizing Pastors

[Judi Lynn]

In the most recent case a São Paulo court fined the church US$ 30 thousand
Jun.10.2019 1:50PM

Ivan Martínez-Vargas
SÃO PAULO
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God responded to lawsuits brought by former pastors who claim to have been forced or pressured by the religious institution to undergo a vasectomy.

The practice, they said, guarantees entrance, stay or ascension in the church. Sterilization is a kind of human resource policy, they said.

Without children, the former pastors say they would be more willing to move to different churches in different cities, as the institution pays for the religious family.

The lawsuits were filed in the Labor Court, in which Universal has already been convicted in different cases. There is also a conviction in the Superior Labor Court.

More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2019/06/judge-condemns-the-universal-church-for-sterilizing-pastors.shtml

[Thomas Hurt]

1. (rolls eyes) (sighs) (face palm) (shake head) (mutters to self and goes to bed)

[keithbvadu2]

2. Head man - married, 3 children. (2016)

Head man - married, 3 children. (2016)

https://www.forbes.com/profile/edir-macedo/#267224612fcf

[RockRaven]

3. As a corporate policy, the *real* rationale is obvious -- it reduces evidence of pastors' affairs

I mean, every girl/woman they molest/rape/have an affair with who gets pregnant creates a living/walking piece of evidence of that transgression. Maybe in years gone by it would have been a he said-she said thing, but with modern DNA testing, conclusive evidence is readily available... I think that is much more likely to be the reason than their claim that it makes it easier to reassign them to different cities...

Ask the Catholic Church in the US, Ireland, other parts of Europe what overwhelming evidence of hypocrisy from the clergy on sexual morality/behavior does to church attendance and revenues. Maybe that is what is driving this church's policy decisions.