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Flip Benham, a virulent anti-abortion preacher, was arrested for threatening a volunteer at a Charlotte, North Carolina woman’s clinic.
Concord pastor Phillip “Flip” Benham was arrested for threatening a volunteer at a Charlotte woman’s clinic.
The pastor, who holds rallies with dozens of people throughout the week, especially at woman’s clinics that provide abortions, told Channel 9 the arrest was “bogus.”
A volunteer at A Preferred Woman’s Health Clinic on Latrobe Drive in Charlotte claims the pastor threatened her life during one of his rallies.
The clinic’s director told Channel 9 in a statement that they are scared by the group’s “pattern of violence.”
The volunteer said Benham approached her and “menacingly” and “repeatedly” told her, “You are dead,” and was fearing the threat would be carried out.
“There has never has been one convicted act of violence there at all. I’ve been there 17 years,” Benham said.
Benham claims he did not threaten the clinic volunteer, but rather said she was “dead in her sins.”
He said he was referring to the Christian principles that don’t align with abortion.
Benham told Channel 9’s Stephanie Tinoco that he has worked to stand up for unborn children and has been arrested dozens of time.
He said he will gladly sit in a cell for the cause. He said he lost count how many times he’s been arrested.
“We care about choice. We know that God has called all of us to make a choice. And only we have that choice. We want to help them,” Benham said.
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Benham said he wants women to know if they’re willing, his crew is willing to help them get through an unwanted pregnancy and choose life.
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