A grainy 2005 video has emerged from the Wasilla Assembly of God featuring a Kenyan pastor named Thomas Muthee and then-Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin.

Some commentators have mocked the moment where Muthee prays to God to protect Palin from "witchcraft."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/pastor-muthee-a.html

Catholic League president Bill Donohue said today that "For the past two decades, Americans have been lectured by educators and the chattering class that we must respect cultural, religious, racial and ethnic diversity. It seems that exceptions to the creed of multiculturalism are only made when it suits the ideological agenda of the left. ...Witchcraft is a sad reality in many parts of Africa, resulting in scores of deaths in Kenya over the past two decades. Bishop Muthee’s blessing, then, was simply a reflection of his cultural understanding of evil. While others are not obliged to accept his interpretation, all can be expected to respect it. More than that—Muthee should be hailed for asking God to shield Palin from harmful forces, however they may be manifested. And for this he is mocked and Palin ridiculed?

Seriously, can anyone explain to me how witchcraft has resulted in "scores of deaths in Kenya over the past two decades," as Catholic Leaguer Bill Donohue asserts?

All I could find from google was an article that supposed witches have been burned.  According to Keith Olbermann, Pastor Muthee actually participated in a witchhunt.  He denounced a woman as a witch, and she had to flee her village, fearing for her life (with good reason, given the AFP article).

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJ9t5L-mEUjMX185__GCAH7uvx3g

I don't know if this will post, but here's the YouTube video:

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