Lomeli said, “It’s an overwhelming prima facie case that he’s guilty of simony—an offence, might I remind you, that’s stipulated in Holy Scripture: ‘Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the Apostles’ hands, he offered them money, saying, “Give me also this power, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!” ’ ”
