Pastor charged to court for spanking his congregation for being disobedient

A church minister has been arrested over claims that he physically abuses female worshippers, specifically by spanking if they are reported by their spouses as being disobedient.
72-year old Rev. Howard Curtis normally convince worshippers to undress for him in the office of Coulsdon Christian Fellowship, in Croydon, south London and this act have been going on for a long time now.
The claims are believed to centre around a movement known as Christian Domestic Discipline(CDD), which involves men asserting authority over women through physical punishment.

Three people have lodged assault allegations against Mr Curtis who is believed to have been involved with the church for at least two decades.

Following the accusations, Mr Curtis has been banned from unsupervised contact with children and forbidden from attending his own church alone while the Metropolitan Police probes his activities and complaints about his conduct.
Rev. Curtis is also chairman of Coulsdon Chess Fellowship and listed as a trustee of the 1st Coulsdon Scout Group, both of which meet at the church.
Meanwhile, the website of Christian Domestic Discipline says the practice is ‘intended to be a haven for married couples who practice safe and consensual’ discipline.