Rio de Janeiro
Sergio Dusilek, an evangelical pastor in a Baptist church in Rio de Janeiro, has a wavering voice and haggard eyes.
Since he spoke at a campaign rally for candidate and former left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, he has been ostracized, assailed by criticism from those around him and on social networks.
A large majority of evangelical churches have sided with far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, a candidate for re-election.
But he did not expect such an outpouring of hatred and violence, to the point of having to give up the presidency of the Rio Baptist convention a few days later, a function formerly held by his mother.
If this great man is thus taken by surprise, it is because the climate within certain evangelical currents is electric.
The evangelical community is a major electoral issue, now representing nearly a third of the population.
She strongly contributed to Bolsonaro's victory...
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