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US preacher detained in Kenya

US preacher detained in Kenya

NAIROBI – Kenyan police have arrested an American preacher who faces charges of trafficking pornographic material, police said yesterday.

Thomas Manton IV, a self-styled prophet, was detained late on Tuesday following a complaint by a woman who said he posted pornographic pictures of her on a website.’He will be charged for trafficking pornographic material and being in Kenya illegally,’ a police officer said on condition of anonymity.The country’s top police spokesperson, Eric Kiraithe, and the criminal investigation department chief, Festus Malinge, confirmed the preacher was in custody but refused to elaborate.Thomas Manton IV used to hold weekly religious services in a central Nairobi hotel and describes himself on his website as ‘God’s voice to the nations’.His biography boasts that he has healed the lame, the deaf and the dumb and that his countless prophecies included the September 11 terror attacks and ‘the Western Bank/Gaza conflicts (sic)’.Among the best-selling DVDs listed on his online store are ‘Kill the Middleman’, ‘God’s Path to Promotion’ and ‘How to Become Devil Proof’. – Nampa-Sapa

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