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Content note: This page discusses reported anti-LGBTQ+ religious language and a biblical passage containing capital-punishment language.

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MEDIA-001 · 2017-11-01

“Holy Sex” chapel source record

In a 2017 sermon, William M. Wilson was reported to have quoted a biblical passage containing capital-punishment language about male same-sex relations.

This is attributed reporting, not a context-complete transcript.The original Vimeo page is unavailable. Archived metadata preserves the title and a reported full duration of 58 minutes, 30 seconds, but not enough surrounding content to publish a clip or characterize the speaker’s full meaning.
Speaker
William M. Wilson
Event
ORU Chapel — “Holy Sex”
Original publisher
Oral Roberts University
Full duration
58:30 reported in archived metadata
Transcript
Unavailable; context incomplete
Rights
Unresolved; no media hosted
ORU response
New claim-specific response not yet requested
Last verified
July 29, 2026

Source chain

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  1. WEB-0017
    Attributed investigative reporting

    Type Investigations reported the sermon passage and audience invitation.

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  2. WEB-0018
    Original source path, now unavailable

    Vimeo ID 241784660 preserves the known original identifier and title path.

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  3. WEB-0019
    Archived title and player metadata

    A Wayback capture preserves public metadata, not the context required for clip publication.

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