The controversial healing ritual in which a pastor gave cocaine to a parishioner in reeducation

Adriano Moraes, a pastor of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), has conducted a controversial action "healing ritual"at a ceremony held Tuesday, at Brasil.

Moraes, who is considered by the local media as "a specialist in treatments for healing additions," offered him a dose of cocaine to one of the parishioners and asked him "to hit him"

Presumably, the young man even asked the pastor if cocaine was "good" before inhale. All in the context of a demonstration that his eclectic methods really heal.

The mbad, which is aired on television every day, has been criticized by various national media outlets, who questioned the ways in which The priest has the narcotic and the reasons why he presented it to the temple.

This is not the first time that pastors of this church are questioned for their strange methods. In 2015, the bishop Rogério Formigoni drugs offered to a former drug addict.

"Feel the smell", says Formigoni to the man while he shows her a dose of cocaine, in a video posted on their social networks. Then repeat the scene with marijuana and beer.

This situation was so scandalous that the Public Prosecutor's Office Sao Paulo He told the local media that he was going to start a investigation around truthfulness of the images.

This same pastor asked during a program showstop the sufferingIn 2016, as a test of faith, those present will deliver their cars to the church and walk home.

The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God was born in Brazil in 1977. It was founded by Edir Macedo in River of Janeiro. In 2011, this pastor was accused of money laundering.

On this occasion, Macedo and three other religious leaders were indicted. money laundering, badociation to commit a crime and ideological lie to create front companies.

"Only between 2003 and 2006, the Universal Church claimed to have received just over 2,295 millions of dollars in donationsbut, according to witnesses, this value can be much greater, "said the Attorney General of Brazil at the time. have bleached About the USD 235 million donations.

The church has about 8 million followers and has a presence in more than 180 countries, so it exceeds all the Brazilian multinationals.