Edir Macedo insults Universal Church pastor who committed suicide: "He's dead, he's dead. It's over. What can I do?"
The statement was made during a live broadcast and resonated on social media, generating criticism of the faith-based entrepreneur.
247 - Edir Macedo, leader of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), publicly commented on the death of Pastor Lucas Di Castro, 35, who took his own life on Tuesday (August 5). The statement was made during a live broadcast last Saturday (August 9) and resonated on social media, generating criticism of the faith-based businessman. The information is from the portal [website name missing]. Metropolis.
In the live broadcast, Macedo stated that he had learned about the case the previous day, but that he did not intend to react emotionally. “These weaklings want satisfaction. 'Tell me, what do you think? And now, what are you going to say about this pastor's suicide?' This pastor was never a pastor. He had the title of pastor, but he never was one. He was never a man of God, because if he were a man of God, he would have gone through the problems he went through and overcome them,” he declared.
The Universal Church leader also compared the pastor's trajectory to his own. “I went through worse problems than him and I'm still here. He died, he died. It's over. What can I do? 'Oh, he killed himself': that's his problem. It's his problem with God, not mine. We did our part. My conscience is perfectly clear,” he said.
Lucas Di Castro lived in Bolivia with his wife, Bruna Franciele Bortoto Menino, 31. According to a statement released by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), the pastor had shown sudden changes in behavior in the days leading up to his death. The statement emphasized that the church provided support to the family.
