Kenyan Pastor Arrested for Scamming Infertile Couples

I found an intriguing little article buried on page 19 of today's Seattle Times.

A pastor in Kenya was arrested for claiming to help infertile couples conceive "miracle babies."

Apparently, Pastor Gilbert Deya blessed infertile and post-menopausal women, praying that they would conceive "through the power of prayer and the Lord Jesus."

Nairobi police say Deya then sent the women to Kenya, supposedly to give birth.

In a not-so-coincidental coincidence, at the same time these prayed-for women were supposedly giving birth, newborn babies born to other parents were disappearing from the hospital. Some of these parents were told that their newborns had died when their babies disappeared from the hospital.

One "pregnant" woman whom Deya had prayed for described receiving injections for presumed labor pain, but was not conscious during childbirth.

Deya faces kidnapping charges and is suspected of international child trafficking.

Source: The Seattle Times, "Miracle" babies may have been kidnapped (Associated Press)

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