Rasbert Turner, Star Writer
The weekly Wednesday service at a church in Spanish Town, St Catherine, was recently disrupted when a bailiff stepped in and slapped a senior clergy member with a summons.
The service had been going on for several hours on April 8, when about 1:30 p.m. the bailiff entered with a summons for the female preacher.
According to a source, the clergy member had been collecting the day's offering when the bailiff appeared.
It is said that when the bailiff at first attempted to serve the summons, he was greeted with resistance. There was said to be an argument between both parties before the preacher eventually took the document.
The summons, the source said, was served on the preacher after an issue developed between her and an ex-member of the church about money in a partner scheme.
When THE STAR spoke with the ex-member she stated that she had no choice but to seek the legal redress.
"Yes, I was a member of the church in 2013, and was throwing partner of $1,000 weekly. I stopped throwing and demanded back my money and still can't get it," the disgruntled ex-member said.
She said that it was as a result of being unable to collect back her $22,000 that she sought the assistance of the bailiff.
THE STAR was able to see the documents for the matter which confirmed that the case will appear in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court (Civil Division) on May 16.
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