“I want you to go back to your place when three men came here with guns out. I have to go back to my place,” said the flamboyant Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead, addressing his congregation, including those watching on Zoom, as he made a “boo” sound and walked behind his podium. “As I started to preach, I saw the door open,” recalled Miller-Whitehead, 44, of the million-dollar jewelry heist last week. “And I looked, and I said, ‘OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.’ The bishop — who denied on Friday that the shocking crime was part of any alleged insurance fraud — added, “As I got down on the floor, I said to my congregation, ‘Get out, everybody.’ “ That’s when he laid his body on the floor for dramatic effect, according to video captured by The Post. Miller-Whitehead, who has an alleged history of robbery and served prison time for identity theft and grand larceny, lost more than $1 million in jewelry in the incident. Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead recounted how he reacted when he was robbed during a sermon last week. Gregory P. MangoMiller-Whitehead denied that the sensational crime was part of any alleged insurance fraud. Gregory P. Mango The robbers took a $75,000 Rolex watch, a $75,000 Cavalier watch, and several crosses worth tens of thousands of dollars each. The bishop told his colleagues on Sunday that God would give him back “double” what he lost, likening himself to the Bible’s King David when David faced the Amalekites and saw his wives taken captive. “Don’t think that God allows someone to come here and steal something from him so that he won’t give us double. That’s what the Bible says,” Miller-Whitehead said. “David got it all back.” The gold-dripping cleric – who works with luxury vehicles such as a Rolls Royce – hit back at critics who claim his lifestyle made him a ripe target for fraudsters. Miller-Whitehead has several luxury items, including a Rolls Royce car. Gregory P. Mango The bishop blamed the robbery captured on video in part on media coverage of his cozy relationship with Mayor Eric Adams. The robbers’ massive haul last week included a Rolex watch worth $75,000, a Cavalier watch worth $75,000 and several crosses worth tens of thousands of dollars each. “Fendi, Louis and Gucci, why can’t we wear it to church? What’s wrong with that?” the pastor said at a press conference last week. The robbery was captured by the live stream camera. It was also revealed last week that Miller-Whitehead is the target of a lawsuit accusing him of bilking a parishioner out of her life savings of $90,000 in 2020. Mayor Adams defended his relationship with the cleric, with Hizoner saying he has “an obligation to mentor other black men who have had negative encounters in their lives and other people in general.”
