He was My COUNSELOR, Friend, Confidant and Lover;
“HER” Husband, “THEIR” Father and “OUR PASTOR”
Please join me on “The Dedan Tolbert Show” on Thursday January 21st as I welcome special guest, Shannon Bellamy, author of “Pimps in The Pulpit”.
Based on a true story, Shannon Bellamy exposes the truth behind the wolves in sheeps’ clothing that lurk in the pulpit at a mega church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In her book “Pimps in the Pulpit” she talks about her three year love affair with a Philadelphia and Bermuda born pastor.
The subtitle of Shannon’s book, “He was my…Counselor, Friend, Confidant and Lover, “Her” Husband, “Their” Father and “OUR PASTOR” is a strong message about the secret lives a lot of Pastors lead in today’s churches. The story shows how a strong woman could become weak and vulnerable and get manipulated into an intimate relationship with her Counselor/Pastor who is also married.
Her story is not about tearing down the church but rather to expose inappropriate relationships between Pastors and Parishioners and Counselors and Counselees and how it can affect these wounded victim’s lives, self esteem, spirituality and soul. It is her desire for change to occur in which counseling is being conducted to include but not be limited to same sex counseling or mandatory assistant of the same sex during the counseling session to cut down on the misconduct in the pastoral/counseling sector.
She gives a tantalizing play by play analysis of the endless late night rendezvous, orchestrated lies and deception. Shannon also discloses the details of her near death experience as a result of undergoing extensive cosmetic surgery that he coerced her to endure for his own personal enjoyment. This church is known as the “clubs” of churches.