NEWS

Reports: Mansfield pastor claims he's polygamous

Courtney McNaull
Reporter

MANSFIELD - A 60-year-old Mansfield pastor and former mafia enforcer is generating international attention for saying he married his 19-year-old girlfriend — with consent from his 44-year-old wife — several media outlets have reported.

Outlets including The Daily Mail and The New York Post cite a video from Barcroft Media in which Rev. Thom Miller and his two wives talk about their polygamous relationship.

The video indicates all three parties are happy with the arrangement, in which only Miller is allowed to have more than one partner. The trio are planning to build a home with separate wings for each wife.

Miller is a licensed minister with United Christian Ministries International at 840 Koogle Road in Mansfield, according to records from the Ohio Secretary of State. He also is affiliated with Special Visit Ministry, which lists its address at 287 N. Diamond St. He told the News Journal earlier this year he is affiliated with Hope Ohio, which he called an outreach of the Restoration Network.

Richland County Probate Court records show Thomas Nicholas Miller is married to 44-year-old, Belinda Miller, but the records neither confirm nor disprove his marriage to 19-year-old Reba Kerfoot, who the video states is pregnant with Miller's child.

Miller was divorced twice before he married Miller in March 2009, according to court records.

Though polygamy is illegal in Ohio and Richland County has not issued a marriage license to Thom Miller and Kerfoot, probate court staff say it is possible the pair were issued a marriage license by another county or in another state.

Miller did not respond to calls from the News Journal Monday and Tuesday.

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