Fundador de la iglesia de Pensilvania sentenciado a 12 años de prisión por tráfico laboral y fraude christianpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from christianpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tracie Dickey, also known as Tracie Williams, bishop and head of Deliverance Tabernacle Ministries in a video uploaded to YouTube in 2016. | YouTube/Dr. Tracie Dickey D Min D D
A Pennsylvania woman who founded her own ministry and appointed herself a bishop has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for forced labor of church members and defrauding hotels.
Tracie Dickey, a 57-year-old woman who s also known by the name Tracie Williams, was a bishop of Deliverance Tabernacle Ministries, which had branches in Pennsylvania, Florida and North Carolina.
United States District Judge Sara L. Ellis of the Northern District of Illinois imposed the 12-year sentence Monday on Dickey, who had been found guilty by a jury in 2019.
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A Pittsburgh woman who founded her own church, recruited and abused women in it, then perpetrated a years-long fraud operating a fake travel agency will spend 12 years in prison.
Tracie Dickey, also known as Tracie Williams, 57, was sentenced on Monday on wire fraud and labor trafficking charges in Chicago.
She was found guilty by a jury in 2019 with crimes that dated from 2005 through February 2013, including holding at least four victims in forced labor for more than 10 years.
During those years, prosecutors said, Dickey took in more than $1 million, primarily from taking her followers’ wages and donations.
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The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day March 8.
Jennifer Morgan is Executive Director, Greenpeace International
18 Sep, 2019 Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan at the People s Summit on Climate, Rights and Human Survival in New York, USA.
Credit: Tracie Williams / Greenpeace
NEW YORK, Mar 1 2021 (IPS) - The climate crisis doesn’t stop for anyone or anything, not even the pandemic that has forced billions of us to radically overhaul our lives. And like the pandemic, climate change has no nationality, agenda or political affiliation.
Both exist to spread where, when and how they can. Another stark similarity is that the impacts of COVID-19, just like the climate emergency, do not treat us equally, as those who self-identify as female are hit the hardest.