From CBS News
Donnie McClurkin, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and pastor, saxually abused a young man over several years and wrote an apology email declaring himself a “dirty 'old man,'” according to a new lawsuit.
Giuseppe Corletto says in the lawsuit that he was struggling to reconcile his saxuality with his faith when he sought out McClurkin in 2003. The lawsuit says Corletto, then 21, went to McClurkin’s church in Long Island, New York, after reading his autobiographical book, which described how God helped him overcome the “curse” of homosaxuality.
At the church event, McClurkin “talked about being rxped as a child, which resonated with me because that’s similar to my story,” Corletto said in an interview with NBC News.
He said he was brought to meet with McClurkin after the event, and the man took an immediate interest in him.
“At first it was all very innocent and what I thought [was] mentoring,” Corletto said in the interview.
But he now believes he was being groomed from the start.
McClurkin began to molest Corletto during “pray the gay away” spiritual sessions, the lawsuit says, and the abuse escalated over the next several years. During this period, Corletto worked as McClurkin’s assistant and regularly traveled with him, according to the lawsuit.
Corletto “struggled to process these incidents of saxual abuse, as [McClurkin] was both his mentor and employer, making it difficult for him to speak out about the abuse he had suffered,” the lawsuit says.
After an alleged saxual assault at a Niagara Falls hotel in 2013, the lawsuit says, McClurkin wrote Corletto an email apologizing for his actions.
“I am the actual epitome of a desperate dirty ‘old man’,” he allegedly wrote in the message, according to the lawsuit, “pawning and groping a young man who is just looking for a friendship and close plutonic relationship with someone he wants looks to for help, guidance and spirituality.”
“I feel so foul…so stupid,” McClurkin added in the email, according to Corletto’s lawsuit, which was filed Friday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
16 comments:
Can't trust any man wearing colored contacts.
Everyone knows about Donnie. Let’s move it along, there’s NOTHING to see here.
I believe him!
Sugar Daddy's gonna stop hiring if this keeps up.
Exactly 757. Donnie don't have to fool anybody or play games. What you see is what you get, and if the price is right there won't be no issues. The problem is these new pretty boys are trying to get that Christian Keys/Cassie settlement money. It ain't gonna happen
Is grooming a bad thing? I guess it’s what you groom a person for.
The email will nail him. He’s a fool.
I want to know Who fell down on the D? LOLO
This generation of men and women don't want to work. They are looking for big pay days to retire before they do any work.
You can’t blame nobody cause you’re j. This is bs.
This dude sought him out for advice 2003? And then to become his assistant? Years of grooming with an incident in 2013? I wonder how thisrelationship went the next decade to now. This feels very opportunistic
Another one bites the dust. There is starting to become a noticeable trend in these allegations. These service workers meet the accused preference ( looks or naive talent) are coming with receipts and a plan. These prominent people must become more professional when dealing with the hired service providers. They are not friends and there should be no direct personal communication or interactions outside the designated work space.
The rev had a cute boy toy.
Remember everyone. You gotta pay to play. Even the clergy
Got’em
🌈 issues.
Boi I swear yall with create a word, define it and run it in the ground. Now all of a sudden everyone feels 'groomed'. STFU yall are grown a$$ men. Nobody groomed you! I don't trust any man wearing colored contacts and a dyed beard. You already can't be trusted to show us who you really are without the added aesthetics. shut up.
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