“Sexually I have no preference.”
A 60-year old pastor has married a 19-year old who he first knew when was a child, with the full support and blessing of his current wife.
Thom Miller, from Ohio in the US has two wives.
There is Belinda, 44 – who he married eight years ago – and his new wife Reba Kerfootruba, 19.
The three of them are building a new house with two separate wings for each wife and Thom when it’s his turn. And each wing will have an area for Reba and Thom’s baby – when the pregnant 19 year old gives birth in a few months.
Reverend Miller, a former mafia enforcer who found god in prison, runs a ministry and also has his own church in the town of Mansfield. He has spoken out about his unusual marriage in a bid to try and gain support for polygamy.
He told Barcroft TV that he and wife Belinda discussed polygamy but couldn’t find the right woman to join their family. Rev. Miller says that Belinda, who has 10 children from previous relationships, was the one to suggest they get another wife.
For seven years they struggled to find the right person, but Thom says while he was running a soup kitchen a young woman he knew when she was a child caught his attention.
He said upon first seeing Reba after a number of years “I caught something because she hugged me and I wanted to keep hugging her and I realised, wow, I’m really appreciating this woman.”
The appreciation led to his second marriage, and a pregnancy all with the blessing of Belinda.
“I wanted to have more of a family.” Belinda told Barcroft TV.