EURWeb.com is reporting that mega church pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant and his wife Gizelle are headed to divorce court. After 5 and a half years of marriage Gizelle Bryant filed for a divorce in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County on January 9. The clergyman also filed divorce papers in Baltimore City Court on the same day, the Baltimore Sun reports.
Jamal Bryant is the affable 38-year-old pastor of Empowerment Temple A.M.E in Baltimore, Maryland. Many view him as a burgeoning voice in the AME (African Methodist Episcopal) denomination as his influence has extended nationally and internationally.
Known for articulating relatable sermons, the former 11th grade drop-out who entered the prestigious Morehouse College with a GED, has not released a statement about the situation, likely under his attorney’s advisement.
“This is a private matter between Dr. Bryant and his wife, and we’d like to keep this matter private,” attorney Jimmy A. Bell told the paper. The copious blog and chat entries on the troubled marriage suggest this may be a personal matter, but it is far from private.
Scandalous rumors of alleged affairs with several women have been rampant since the couple’s engagement. His supposed womanizing went overboard when he impregnated a church member said to be 17 at the time of the time of copulation.
When accusations of this affair surfaced in the Summer of 2007, church leaders asked him to step down while they initiated an investigation and awaited paternity test results. Months after the investigation, Jamal Bryant remains the pastor of Empowerment Temple.
Court records acquired from the Circuit Court of Maryland do indicate the pastor is the father of a least one other child who was born before he got married. The couple has a set of 1-year-old twins and a 3-year-old. This story is developing. More details will be provided as they become available.
Links to Jamal Bryant Court Records:
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=03C00007941&loc=55&detailLoc=CC
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=0103SP022722007&loc=3&detailLoc=DV
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=0103SP022722007&loc=3&detailLoc=DV
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=03C01002612&loc=55&detailLoc=CC
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=0103SP022722007&loc=3&detailLoc=DV
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=0103SP022722007&loc=3&detailLoc=DV
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=03C01002612&loc=55&detailLoc=CC
Update 6/21/08: One of our readers, BK, pointed out a possible change
1 comment:
I does not need to be a pastor at all. He cheated on his wife aka First Lady,, he needs to lose everything.
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