Georgia: Rev. Raphael Warnock accused his parishioner Maude King of a three-year ‘stalking’ campaign

How Georgia Senate candidate Rev. Warnock accused Baptist Church parishioner, 68, of 'stalking' him after she demanded to know if he was gay in years-long legal battle

24 November 2020

• Rev. Raphael Warnock, the Democratic candidate for Georgia's pivotal Senate run-off, was in a years-long legal battle with an elderly parishioner
• Parishioner Maude King, then 68, demanded to know if he was gay and tried to confront him in the pulpit at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in 2010
• Warnock sought a protective order against Maude after he claimed he was the victim of a three-year 'stalking' campaign that left him 'in fear for his safety'
• King's inquiry about Warnock's sexuality seemed to stem from the fact he was unmarried, rather than any suggestion he was gay
• Warnock, 51, one of the South's most prominent black preachers, declined to discuss the confrontation
• If he wins and fellow Democrat John Ossoff triumphs over GOP incumbent David Perdue it will split the Senate 50-50

The Democrat preacher contesting Georgia's pivotal Senate run-off was embroiled in an extraordinary years-long legal tussle with an elderly parishioner who demanded to know if he was gay, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. Rev. Raphael Warnock sought a protective order against Maude King after she questioned his sexuality and tried to confront him in the pulpit in a bizarre bust-up at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. Cops served the then-68-year-old grandmother with a temporary ban from going within 100 yards of Warnock, who claimed in court documents he was the victim of a three-year 'stalking' ...

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