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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ken Miller

Carlton Pearson, founder of Oklahoma megachurch who supported gay rights, dies at age 70

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The founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma who fell from favor and was branded a heretic after he embraced the idea that there is no hell and supported gay rights has died, his agent said Monday.

Bishop Carlton Pearson died Sunday night in hospice care in Tulsa due to cancer, said his agent, Will Bogle. Pearson was 70.

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