Ohio pastor with 2 wives facing backlash after polygamy announcement: 'Raises questions about spiritual manipulation'

Ohio Pastor Israel Ford is facing public backlash after revealing he has been living in a throuple with his wife and a younger woman for the last three years, said they all fasted and prayed for 40 days before embarking on their polygynous journey.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”