Pastor who called Orlando massacre victims 'scum' ousted over prostitution allegations…
Pastor Donnie Romero known for praising the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting and condemning the victims will be replaced Sunday, after accusations of sleeping with prostitutes, gambling, and smoking marijuana.
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Romero was ousted over allegedly "being with prostitutes," fellow New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist pastor Steven Anderson said in a video posted to Youtube, as well as gambling and using marijuana. He is disqualified from being a pastor and will continue to participate in the congregation. Activists protested Romero in June 2016 after he expressed support for the shooter who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., calling the victims "perverts and pedophiles."
They're the scum of the earth, and the earth is a better place now, and I'll take it a step further," Romero said. "I'll pray to God like I did this morning, and I will again tonight, that God will finish the job that that man started." Houston pastor Jonathan Shelley, who has called members of the LGBTQ community "filthy," "wicked," and "beasts" in an October 2018 sermon, will begin leading the church Sunday, Anderson said.