Claim that Jesus heals HIV/AIDS Angley's Christian faith-based teachings, in particular his claims (based on the Biblical scripture Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.") that
AIDS and other diseases can be cured by God's healing power, were met with skepticism in South Africa. In March 2007, the
Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa, after receiving a complaint, cancelled a newspaper ad for Angley's ministry, based on lack of preliminary filing of medical documentation at that time for healing of AIDS through prayer. Angley later claimed to have verifiable medical documentation from former AIDS patients that he offered to submit to any country that required it. In the same 2007 television broadcast, he displayed what he claimed was medical documentation from four alleged former HIV-positive patients of their negative tests results. Angley's claims were criticized by Guyanese officials. Health Minister
Dr. Leslie Ramsammy released a statement condemning Angley: "We are unaware of the existence, to date, of any cure anywhere in the world for the HIV infection, and there has been no scientific documentation of any cure for AIDS. Anyone who promotes the misrepresentation that there is a religious-based cure for HIV is involved in an obscene exploitation of people’s vulnerability."
Murder at church-owned restaurant In 1999, Shane Partin, a 27-year-old former staff member at Cathedral Buffet, stabbed and killed a volunteer, 15-year-old Cassandra Blondheim. Blondheim had previously complained to Buffet management about Partin's romantic advances, resulting in Partin's dismissal. However, Partin was later allowed to return as a volunteer. Partin was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Partin was denied parole in his first attempt in 2013, and again in 2023. Angley's ministry paid $100,000 in a settlement to Blondheim's family.
Volunteer staffing of church-owned restaurant In March 2017, a federal district court ordered Angley to pay $388,000 in damages and back wages to a group of unpaid employees at the Cathedral Buffet whom Angley considered unpaid volunteers. The eating establishment is owned by the church. A few witnesses for the prosecution, who were former members of his church, said they felt pressured to volunteer as waiters, bussers and cash-register operators. This was the second time Angley had been cited for the same offense, the first in 1999, when he was ordered to pay $37,000 in back wages. The presiding judge added damages to the 2017 claim due to it being his second offense. Angley defended the Cathedral Buffet, stating he believed nothing wrong had been done, since the buffet served a religious purpose and the government's claims were a violation of the
First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Angley appealed, and said he had spoken with about 75 people who worked at the buffet who said they did not feel pressured to work there. On April 18, 2017, Angley's ministry closed the Cathedral Buffet to the public. The
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the district court and ruled in Angley's favor, concluding that the cafeteria workers had no expectation of being paid. The Buffet never reopened.
Sexual abuse allegations Angley, who has spoken out against
homosexuality as a sin, was accused of sexual abuse by male former Grace Cathedral pastor Rev. Brock Miller. The abuse included genital touching and naked massage. Miller filed a lawsuit against Angley, claiming in a two-part Beacon Journal interview that he was abused for nine years, then forced to move out of his home (which the Cathedral owned) after leaving the cathedral. After Angley countersued on defamation grounds, a settlement was reached between the two in February 2020, the terms of which included a
non-disparagement clause. A 1996 tape recording of Angley admitting to sexual relations with a Cathedral employee was leaked to the
Beacon Journal in January 2019. Allegations of further sexual abuses, including forced
vasectomies and
abortions, have also been reported. ==Popular culture==