Source: New York Post
A self-proclaimed New Jersey pastor and his wife forced church members into slave labor and sex for nearly a decade — telling them God would punish them if they didn’t submit, federal prosecutors said. Treva Edwards, 60, and his 63-year-old wife, Christine, lured vulnerable local to the Jesus is Lord by the Holy Ghost church in their Orange apartment building, forcing them to perform grueling work in the community while depriving them of food and sleep, the US Attorneys Office for New Jersey said. According to federal prosecutors, Treva Edwards is also accused of subjecting one woman to “repeated physical and sexual assaults,” getting her pregnant and demanding she get an abortion — all the while telling her and the other victims it was all God’s will.
