Grave Concerns Regarding NW Alabama District of UMC Amidst Sexual Abuse Investigation

Longtime Youth Minister under cloud of suspicion for alleged sexual misconduct

By Steve Wiggins | July 30, 2012 | Filed under: News

SHEFFIELD – (Update) Oliver Brazelle, Music Minister of The First United Methodist Church, was fired last Friday afternoon, amid allegations of at least 2 decades of sexual misconduct with boys. According to the Chairman of Staff, Pastor / Parish Relations Committee, Billy Don Anderson, Brazelle was summarily dismissed from his post of over 50 years.

According to another source, unnamed, word of Brazelle’s dismissal has been spreading through the tight-knit congregation since early this (Monday) morning. Yet another source tells The Quad-Cities Daily that as many as three of his alleged victims are prepared to make public their accounts, and to testify in court as to how they say they were abused...

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