There was also controversy in 2021 when the Trenton City Council agreed to rename part of the city street “Brinson Avenue” to “Brinson Memorial Drive” in honor of the pastor’s parents, whom Brinson said founded his church in 1971.
It was only after the resolution was passed that city council members learned of the bishop’s questionable past. The Trentonian reported that in a phone conversation in 2021, Brinson addressed the 2008 sexual assault allegation and said “there was no validity to it.”
“A young man’s grandmother was trying to extort some money. I wouldn’t pay it, so she had the grandson say that I sexually assaulted him,” said Brinson. “The judge dismissed all charges for lack of evidence because there was no evidence. The young man was never within 100 feet of me at any given time. I never put him in my car, never brought him to New Jersey. Never did any of that.”
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The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office says that the investigation into the most recent sexual assault allegation against Brinson “is ongoing.”
The office requests that “anyone with information…contact Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victim’s Unit Sergeant Sherika Salmon at (609) 960-3119 or Detective Michael Staton at (609) 989-6350, or via email at mcposvu@mercercounty.org.”
ChurchLeaders has reached out to Brinson Memorial Church for comment and will update this article in the event of a reply.
