There are new details emerging about the Florida pastor who police say whipped at least 16 children with his belt after being told the students had been disrespectful and misbehaving in class.
Pastor TerenceGray allegedly told students at Alpha Learning Academy in Orlando that he was doing this “so they don’t go down this path and end up on the streets,” as he belted them each three times in front of their classmates, according to a case report filed by the Orlando Police Department obtained by Inside Edition Digital.
When the parents of those students learned about their children being hit later that day, they immediately reached out to the Orlando Police Department.
On that first day, police met with 12 families whose children had all been “whooped” by Gray, two of whom suffered minor injuries, according to the report.
In the days that followed, police spoke to more students and school personnel before submitting their 33-page report to theState Attorney’s Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit.