Pastor robbed @ gunpoint outside UP's Cineplex- Bishop Cline alleges
Mr Cline made the disclosure on a Facebook live post on June 27, 2023.
Lamenting about the state of deterioration of the Virgin Islands society, Mr Cline said he was in New Orleans at the time when he received a call from his son Jovan.
“And he said Dad, I don’t want you to be alarmed about anything [and] I certainly don’t want you to hear it elsewhere, so I am ok, so let me tell you first. He called me about three Mondays ago, in the morning, and said I was held up at gunpoint last night with three of my friends.
“They had just come out of the movies, just sitting on the side chatting like any other ordinary Sunday night, and this young man, whoever he was, fully masked and armed, stuck a gun in his face, hit two of them with a gun in their head and demanded they empty their pockets.”
Mr Cline then said a friend of his has expressed alarm that two sons of pastors could be held at gunpoint and reminded that his son is also a pastor.
“This is what we have come to in the Virgin Islands, that you could just be standing on the side of the road and somebody walked up to you and you are robbed.”
‘Forget God & Satan will rule’
He said the sad thing is that gun violence and gun crimes have become almost commonplace in the territory and recalled that it was since 20 years ago he has been saying that people who forget God are going to reap the consequences of such.
He also recalled his grandmother often saying if God is forgotten Satan will rule.
“And what we have done in the Virgin Islands, we have fooled ourselves into thinking that our material prosperity, the money we have in the bank, the houses we have, the cars we drive, have made us a bit arrogant, a bit self-confident, and thinking, one, we don’t need God, two, we don’t need the church…”
Meanwhile, it is unclear if the matter has been reported to the police, as Police Information Officer Diane L. Drayton said there was no such incident on record for that time period.
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44 Responses to “Pastor robbed @ gunpoint outside UP's Cineplex- Bishop Cline alleges”
Rejoice not at anybody's downfall because there goes me, you or our own children but for grace of the Almighty. Why did the gentlmen, who are involved in community work not make it a point to warn others, especially the young people to be vigilant. It did not have to be kept secret because from all accounts, a gunman with a gun is out there, and why not warn others to watch their backs.
Let us all be careful out here
If you people don’t have anything sensible to comment, just be quiet.
Police can’t be everywhere. If the police start going to UPs, the perpetrators will find somewhere else to hangout as well and commit their crimes.They could be watching you. So, a word of advice is for you to watch your back and be sure not to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
And remember, it could happen to you, it could happen to me!!
Reminds me of maga and juicy smurlette.
Those Hood Rats scum bags need to die die die. The Vinci man wasn't so lucky coming here with his dirty ways. He ate sh** though..
The devil is not afraid of nobody. Churches better stop playing around and preach God word
It’s the man son! You don’t expect him to talk about it?
Only in the BVI?
Story was on VINO, but the identity of the victims was not in it which is right. Bishop want to put his son and other people children on blast? That's shameful but that's his business.
They sin like another. But him being a pastor doesn't stop him from being robbed at gun point
Criminals look at religion when hunting money
I was held up at gun point before at age 12 that experience never leave you. It destroys your whole sense of security.
For all of us living here judging him for speaking out. Wait until the shoes is on your foot. Because, God do not like UGLY.
Sorry all of you had to experience this. I pray we all start to work together to stop the criminal activities.
In the same manner many congregants are hijacked of their hard earned monies, by unscrupulous bishops and pastors on Saturday and Sunday, these young men, also, were hijacked,of their earnings.
Folks, you can't have it both ways! The good book says,whatsoever a man soeth, that, shall he also reapeth!
What's good for the goose, is good for the gander!
THUS SAYETH THE LORD!!!!
Ayo talking bout where the report...lucky them aint glipse a face because we gunning for him or who ever...&^%* a report...and &^% who all feel away...wish yall would talk like this infront me.......yall got the most to say online