At least 1,000 protesters swarm church of pastor who celebrated Orlando massacre

A large group of demonstrators showed up Sunday outside the California church where a pastor praised the Orlando attack just hours after 49 people were murdered in a gay nightclub.

At least 1,000 people protested Pastor Roger Jimenez at his Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento on Sunday, many of them waving pro-LGBT signs and rainbow flags as parishioners struggled to maneauver through.

Jimenez is seen a YouTube video of his June 12 sermon calling the clubgoers who were killed at the Pulse nightclub "pedophiles" whose deaths have made the world a safer place.

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On the Facebook page where the protest, and a smaller one that took place Wednesday, was organized, an organizer wrote:

In the YouTube video, which he posted the same day that police say Omar Mateen mowed down dozens of clubgoers with an AR-15 style weapon, Jimenez wondered aloud to his congregation "Are you sad that 50 pedophiles were killed today?"

"Um – no – I think that's great! I think that helps society. I think Orlando, Florida, is a little safer tonight."

A week later, at least a few protesters had to be dragged from the church by authorities as the LGBT community in Sacramento and neighboring areas showed up in force.

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Following his sermon, Jimenez defiantly address the press.

"We had a record-breaking attendance here this morning," the pastor told reporters outside his church. "Normally we have about 200 people...today we had 281.

"And I just wanted to thank the media for all the free publicity."

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