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Winners' Chapel International, a church currently being investigated by the Charity commission, seeks to open an independent school in Dartford, Kent.
The church has, in the past, been accused of linking poor discipline to witchcraft, BBC says.
There is a YouTube video of the church's founder, Bishop David Oyedepo, slapping a woman after accusing her of witchcraft. He has declined an interview from the BBC.
Bishop Oyedepo's son, David Oyedepo (Jnr), is the pastor at WCI's international headquarters in Dartford, where the church seeks to open a school for children aged four to seven. The school is to be named Kingdom Heritage Model School.
However groups like the National Secular Society (NSS) have kicked against this. Stephen Evans from the NSS has said that the Metropolitan Police, this year alone, had already investigated 27 child abuse cases perpetuated under the cloak of witchcraft. The group has noted that WCI links child 'disobedience' to witchcraft, citing the website of Davido Oyedepo Ministries, which states that "Disobedience is as terrible as witchcraft."
"There's a need to be vigilant and there's a need to tackle this," says Evans. "You don't do this by allowing organisations that believe in witchcraft and are associated with witch-hunting to open in the UK."
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Source: #BBC
The church has, in the past, been accused of linking poor discipline to witchcraft, BBC says.
There is a YouTube video of the church's founder, Bishop David Oyedepo, slapping a woman after accusing her of witchcraft. He has declined an interview from the BBC.
Bishop Oyedepo's son, David Oyedepo (Jnr), is the pastor at WCI's international headquarters in Dartford, where the church seeks to open a school for children aged four to seven. The school is to be named Kingdom Heritage Model School.
However groups like the National Secular Society (NSS) have kicked against this. Stephen Evans from the NSS has said that the Metropolitan Police, this year alone, had already investigated 27 child abuse cases perpetuated under the cloak of witchcraft. The group has noted that WCI links child 'disobedience' to witchcraft, citing the website of Davido Oyedepo Ministries, which states that "Disobedience is as terrible as witchcraft."
"There's a need to be vigilant and there's a need to tackle this," says Evans. "You don't do this by allowing organisations that believe in witchcraft and are associated with witch-hunting to open in the UK."
Click here to read more
Source: #BBC
