The high-profile, late Christian minister Ravi Zacharias (pictured) led a double life in which he sexually abused massage therapists, a report has claimed.
The apologetics ministry founded by the late evangelist Ravi Zacharias, who died of cancer in May of last year, issued a lengthy apology Thursday, following the release of a months-long independent investigation over claims the famed apologist engaged in “sexting, unwanted touching, spiritual abuse, and rape” over the course of many years.
Ravi Zacharias International Ministries apologized for initially belittling the evangelist's accusers after an investigation uncovered evidence of abuse.
Evangelist Ravi Zacharias taught his followers to ask tough questions - just not about his sexual conduct
Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2021
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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, during a May 20, 2020 White House briefing, calls attention to the death of evangelist Ravi Zacharias.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary
As a boy growing up in Canada, Daniel Gilman loved church and what he saw as compassion from the God of the Bible for those who suffer. As a college philosophy student, a question began to chip away: Is God just an inspiring fairy tale character, or does he exist? It was a celebrity evangelist named Ravi Zacharias who filled Gilman with confidence that it was possible to be an intellectual believer in a God who is real.
Famed apologist Ravi Zacharias has spent the past few weeks embroiled in a complex scandal in which he has had to defend himself from both accusations of