(OPINION) Louisiana televangelist Jesse Duplantis hit back at critics who charged that he and his ministry weren’t doing enough to help his storm-ravaged community of St. Charles Parish, where Hurricane Ida left most residents without power.
Duplantis’ Covenant Church is located in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, where “nearly every home and structure” was touched by Ida’s heavy winds and rain, and officials believe power might not be restored in the area until the end of September, Fox 8 reported.
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“We were really devastated by this storm,” Parish President Matthew Jewell told the network while comparing the damage to that of Hurricane Katrina. “It’s going to be a long restoration process.” St. Charles Parish was one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ida.
Duplantis, who also leads Jesse Duplantis Ministries, and his wife, Cathy, were forced to defend themselves in a video message on Facebook Tuesday, after people accused his church of doing nothing to help his community as they suffer through the aftermath of the hurricane.
“We’re helping people literally all over everywhere,” Duplantis insisted. “The problem is when you come and look at our ministry you can’t see any of that because we had oak trees down, breaking this and we had to get all that stuff out. Thank God for people that came and helped us do all of those things.
“You’re hearing all kinds of rumors that we’re not doing this, we’re not doing [that], that’s all a bunch of malarkey. I could use another word, but you understand what I’m talking about,” he continued before revealing that his ministry had already donated some $100,000 worth of generators and he had plans to do even more. READ MORE
