Preacher robbed of US$1 million during sermon

A preacher was robbed of more than US$1 million (HK$7.8 million) worth of jewelry by armed bandits who crashed his Brooklyn church service, just as he was sermonizing about keeping faith in the face of grave adversity.

Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead, who embraces a flashy lifestyle and can often be seen driving around New York in his Rolls Royce, was delivering a sermon at his Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries when three robbers walked in.

They showed guns and demanded property from Miller-Whitehead, 44, and his wife, Asia K DosReis-Whitehead, police said. Neither the preacher nor his wife and infant daughter were injured.

Miller-Whitehead has defended his bling-loving lifestyle, saying he's "going to live his life the way God has it set up for him."