Saturday, July 19, 2014

Fred Phelps dies

{Posted at Bene Dictio Blogs On March 20, 2014]

Fred_Phelps_10-29-2002 WikipediaFred Phelps, the former pastor (as he had recently been excommunicated by his extremist Westboro Baptist Church), died today.

The National Post,/br>
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/20/fred-phelps-dies-at-age-84-westboro-baptist-church-founder-was-suffering-from-health-problems

reports that he passed away in the wee hours of March 19-20. He was in a hospice and had been suffering from serious health problems recently.

No doubt you are well aware of the infamies of his ministry, but if not, Wikipedia has a useful introduction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps
Phelps had been banned, along with other members of Westboro Baptist

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/church-members-enter-canada-aiming-to-picket-bus-victim-s-funeral-1.703285

from entering Canada in 2008 after announcing his plans to stage an anti-Canada protest at the funeral of a Winnipeg man.

Also, it was rediscovered last fall that

http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2013/09/24/fred-phelps-prairie-bible-institute-alumnus/

Fred Phelps graduated from Prairie Bible Institute.