Megachurch Pastor Creflo Dollar Arrested

Source:eurweb.com

 Pastor Creflo Dollar, one of the most prominent African-American preachers based around Atlanta now faces misdemeanor charges of simple battery and cruelty to children.The 15-year-old daughter of megachurch pastor told authorities her father choked and punched her, and hit her with his shoe during an argument over whether she could go to a party, according to a police report.

Around 1 a.m. Friday, his 15-year-old daughter called 911. She told a Fayette County sheriff's deputy that she and her father argued when he said she couldn't go to a party Saturday night, according to the report.She went into the kitchen with her older sister. When her father asked why she was crying, she told him, "I do not want to talk right now," the report said.

Her father charged at her, put his hands around her throat, began to punch her and started hitting her with his shoe, she told the deputy. The deputy noted a scratch on her neck.

Dollar told the deputy he wouldn't let his daughter go to the party because of poor grades.

The deputy also interviewed Dollar's 19-year-old daughter, who said her father grabbed the younger girl's shoulders and slapped her in the face and choked her for about five seconds. She said her sister tried to break free, but did not fight back. When her father threw the 15-year-old on the floor, the older girl ran to get her mother.

 Dollar has been released from jail and says that he loves his children and would never hurt them. Source: go