Bail extended for embattled Moravian clergymen
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Bail was today extended for former Moravian Church president Rev Dr Paul Gardner and his deputy Jermaine Gibson when they appeared in the Manchester Parish Court.
The two, who are charged with carnal abuse, are to return to court next Wednesday.
Bail was extended after attorney Peter Champaignie, who represents Gardner, and Gibson’s lawyer, Pierre Rogers, said they are yet to be issued with a statement from the police.
The sex charges were laid against the clergymen in relation to the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl 14 years ago.
Their arrest and charge came on the heels of Rev Rupert Clarke’s arrest. Clarke, a pastor of the Nazareth Moravian Church in Manchester, is now before the court after he was allegedly caught in a “compromising position” with a minor in St Elizabeth in December.
Alicia Sutherland
