House of Prayer ‘visionary’ sells UK mansion for £2m By JIM GALLAGHER Sunday World 20/11/11

ANOTHER SUNDAY WORLD EXCLUSIVE

CHRISTINA THE PROFIT

MONEY-MAD House of Prayer boss Christina Gallagher has sold her fabulous £2million British mansion. The self-proclaimed visionary had to reduce the asking price by £300,000 before a buyer was found for the seven-bedroom and seven bathroom manor home near the Welsh border. The Mayo mystic still made a profit on the luxury estate – boasting its own lake, indoor swimming pool and lift – which she bought for £1.8m in October 2009. The so-called holy woman, who has bought a string of luxury properties for herself and her family, confirmed to supporters that it had finally been sold even though estate agent Knight Frank’s website says only that it is “under offer”.CG sells UK home

Gallagher announced to her congregation: “Next time I buy a house I will let you know in advance so you won’t read it in the newspaper.” The leader of the controversial House of Prayer on Achill Island, who claims to have visits from the Virgin Mary and Jesus, was referring to the Sunday World exposé in March which revealed her purchase of the palatial pad.

 

Gullible

One former devotee said last night: “Why would she want to buy another home when she has already bought half a dozen? How many does she need? “But the big question now is what is she going to do with all this money. It came from her supporters but I bet she has no plans to give it back to them.” The cult leader confessed earlier this year that she got her devotees to pay for the 11,500 sq ft mansion in Shropshire, which is registered to her son Brendan. In an astonishing admission on her website, Gallagher revealed followers had to sign contracts saying they knew their donations were for her “personal use”. The money was described as an “absolute” gift which could never be reclaimed “at any time, under any circumstances”. The new tactic came after Gallagher was forced to return money when the Sunday World exposed how she splashed cash on luxury homes. Naive donors might now ask themselves why she is selling the house after she claimed Jesus had guided her to it. “Did Jesus get it wrong?” asked one disgusted former follower last night. And now the 58-year-old grandmother has come up with another money-making plan by demanding supporters get an ID card from the House of Prayer.

Permits

She claims the time of the “illumination” is coming and millions of people will want to get to the House of Prayer and the demand will be so great the crowds will not be able to cross the bridge on to Achill Island. She is issuing photo permits which will give followers priority into the House. They have been told to bring photographs to Saturday prayers but have been given no indication as to the cost of the new permits.

jim.gallagher@sundayworld.com

6 Responses

  1. Wait till I peel this onion

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  2. I have read interviews and heavenly messages from at least 100

    so called mystics. I have found that only the Roman Catholic

    church approved ones are reliable. However i Do believe in

    Medjugorje and Garabandal though they are not approved.

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  3. Maybe since the house has been sold for £2,000,000 she can afford to give the old age pensioner the measly €5000 he is owed, as promised by Christina’s spiritual director on the Joe Duffy show, last year.

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  4. Will she give back the money to the ‘poor pensioner’ who took a loan and suffered considerable hardship?

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  5. As an ex follower I remember Christina Gallagher telling us that we would all be “chipped” as part of the program of the New World Order. Looks like a test is being done on House of Prayer followers to see how it will work. No comment,

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  6. The ID trick seems to me to be a sinister ploy to keep track of attendees to ensure they have records of all in attendence. Possible paranoia about the media contingent and their anonymous fact finding participation in the meetings. Anyone without an ID will be heavily scrutinised no doubt.

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