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December 14, 2006
Pastor held on child kidnap charges
The Independent
Published: 14 December 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/
uk/crime/article2073048.ece
By Chris Greenwood
A controversial evangelist who claims he can help infertile couples have "miracle babies" through the power of prayer was arrested yesterday.
Pastor Gilbert Deya, 54, faces extradition to Kenya to be tried on six allegations of child kidnap.
He was arrested in London by members of the extradition and international assistance unit after a request from the Kenyan authorities. He was due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday afternoon.
Mr Deya, who claims to have been consecrated as an archbishop in the US in 1992, is the head of the Gilbert Deya Ministries religious movement, which has churches in Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool and Manchester, with an estimated combined congregation of 34,000.
He has been accused of trafficking Kenyan children from Nairobi slums and the Charity Commission has frozen his ministry's bank accounts.
In 2004, a High Court judge ruled one so-called "miracle baby" was a victim of child traffickers, when making public the findings of a private court hearing to warn of the "cruel deception" and to try and trace the boys' real parents.
Twenty more babies connected to Deya have been taken into care in Kenya after DNA tests showed they had no genetic connection to their mothers.
A controversial evangelist who claims he can help infertile couples have "miracle babies" through the power of prayer was arrested yesterday.
Pastor Gilbert Deya, 54, faces extradition to Kenya to be tried on six allegations of child kidnap.
He was arrested in London by members of the extradition and international assistance unit after a request from the Kenyan authorities. He was due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday afternoon.
Mr Deya, who claims to have been consecrated as an archbishop in the US in 1992, is the head of the Gilbert Deya Ministries religious movement, which has churches in Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool and Manchester, with an estimated combined congregation of 34,000.
He has been accused of trafficking Kenyan children from Nairobi slums and the Charity Commission has frozen his ministry's bank accounts.
In 2004, a High Court judge ruled one so-called "miracle baby" was a victim of child traffickers, when making public the findings of a private court hearing to warn of the "cruel deception" and to try and trace the boys' real parents.
Twenty more babies connected to Deya have been taken into care in Kenya after DNA tests showed they had no genetic connection to their mothers.
Posted by Perry at 02:00 PM
July 28, 2005
Fresh charges for Mary Deya
Capital FM, Kenya
July 27, 2005
Police have filed 10 fresh charges of children theft against the wife of UK based televangelist Gilbert Deya.
Mary Deya is now accused of stealing five children from various nursing homes and illegally registering them as her own.
She has denied the charges and has been released on a bond of half a million shillings.
The case was to be heard today but her lawyers asked for time to study the new evidence that prompted the new charges.
The case will now be heard on the 30th of September.
Posted by Perry at 03:16 PM
Deya to face justice for child trafficking allegation
The Standard, Kenya
June 20, 2005
Police in the UK will this morning decide on the much-awaited fate of the embattled clergyman Archbishop Gilbert Deya.
Deya, 53, at the centre of last year’s "miracle babies" saga, is expected to answer bail at a South London police station following his arrest on February 16, on suspicion of human trafficking.
Police will extend his bail pending further enquiries, arrest and charge him or release him.
It is the first time the self-styled archbishop is being held at a police station since the miracle babies’ saga last year.
The case has aroused media and public interest in Kenya and in the UK.
Deya, head of UK-based Gilbert Deya Ministries with about 36,000 followers, is fighting extradition to Kenya, where he is wanted for child trafficking.
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Posted by Perry at 03:11 PM