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Houston megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has spoken out on the highly publicized criminal extortion case surrounding the upcoming “Mary, Mother of Christ” film, described by some as a prequel to Mel Gibson’s 2004 “The Passion of the Christ.”

 

Osteen signed on with Aloe Entertainment to executive produce “Mary, Mother of Christ,” but the Lakewood Church pastor’s first foray into film production has been marred with controversy involving Mexican drug traffickers and money launderers.

 

“We knew nothing about it,” the megachurch pastor told The Denver Post on Thursday regarding claims that profits from the film’s script had been extorted from a Mexican businessman by money launderers and drug traffickers.

 

Osteen was in Denver signing copies of his bestselling book Every Day A Friday at a local bookstore.

 

“We didn’t know about any of this,” he said. “The lady who owned the script when we got involved didn’t know about it.”

 

In 2006, the script for “Mary, Mother of Christ” was obtained by Mexican businessmen Arturo Madrigal and Mauricio Sanchez Garza and resold to Aloe Entertainment for nearly a million dollars with a clause for an additional 15 percent of the total profits of the film.

article courtesy of TheBelleReport.com

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