Bishop Lamor Whitehead said he was protecting his family.
He was arrested after the video of the alleged assault was released.But when police responded to the situation, they arrested the woman and let him pastor go free.
According to the Black Information network, the pastor suggested that the people supposedly sent to disrupt his service were tied to ongoing litigation alleging that he scammed $90.000 from one of his congregants and stole their life savings.
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