Monday, May 21, 2007

I do again?

Bishop Anthony Owens, 35 , turned himself into the Gwinnett County jail on April 30 and is now awaiting the decision of the judge as to whether he will serve more time after at least four women have said that he proposed to them. This may sound a little strange but Owens has already served two years in jail for the "small" matter of having 8 wives.

According to police reports, Owens's marrying ways began at age 18 when he married Joanna Hill, 43 in Memphis TN. He said that it was a troubled marriage and a later misunderstanding of Mormon teachings led him to marry Earleen Mabien, 41 in 1992, all without "stopping at go", collecting $200 and divorcing his first wife. From 1995 to 2002 Owens married six other women in South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama and it was some of these later wives who alerted police to his bigamy.

The new charges were brought by the four women who now claim he has been spreading his own version of "God's word", telling some of them that God had sent him to them to help them. Owens seems to be a man of his word, proposing to all of them.

Owens has only said that he divorced some of his wives, he just couldn't remember which ones. I would think that could have easily been solved by his just marking it in his day planner.

1 comment:

Karen said...

He needs a psychologist!