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Clerics doubt Benny Hinn

Superstitious Folly

Local religious leaders are warning the public to be "extremely sceptical" of healing claims made by one of America's most controversial television evangelists, who brings his flamboyant ministry to Hong Kong tonight.

By yesterday morning the five thousand free admission tickets had been snapped up for the four-hour Benny Hinn Hong Kong Crusade at the Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kowloon Bay.

Though hardly a household name in Asia, Pastor Hinn's lavish lifestyle and extravagant claims for his healing ministry have attracted much attention in the US.

Church leaders say the public should be sceptical of a visiting preacher's powers