Sydney Pastors Reportedly Face 'LGBTQ Left-Wing Activists' Shouting 'I Will F****** Kill You' Outside Home

Sydney pastors Andrew and Noleen Sedra say their family was threatened outside their home in Cobbitty, in Sydney's south-west, on 3 September after their address had been posted online. NSW Police confirmed officers attended a disturbance at the property that night, issued move-on directions to three people and arrested a 39-year-old woman after she allegedly failed to comply with a direction.

The Sedras are pastors at Echo Church, an active religious organisation registered in New South Wales. Andrew Sedra later posted footage from the incident on X and said four people had come to the property, including two people wearing hoods. Footage posted online appears to show four people outside the home and records a woman making threats against the family.

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In his account of the incident, Sedra said those outside the property threatened members of his family and knew relatives by name. Footage published online included a woman saying, 'I will f---ing kill you' and telling the family she knew where they lived and would return to their doorstep.

Sedra said his wife, Noleen, his brother Martin, Martin's wife Millicent and the couple's newborn child were at the property. He also alleged that the group cut electricity to the home and attempted to force their way inside.

Those latter allegations have not been publicly confirmed by police. In a statement reported by The Daily Declaration, NSW Police said officers were called to a disturbance at a Cobbitty property on 3 September and issued move-on directions to three people. Police said a 39-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly failing to comply and was taken to Narellan Police Station before later being admitted to hospital for an assessment.

Police also said the occupants were given advice on home security and that local officers continued high-visibility patrols in the Cobbitty area. Detectives were reviewing CCTV supplied by the occupants, according to the statement.

Sedra has described the people involved as 'left-wing LGBTQ activists,' while the family's fundraising appeal uses similar language. However, the available police statement does not identify the people by political affiliation or sexual orientation, nor does it establish a political or ideological motive for the confrontation.

Sedra has also said the incident followed the publication of the family's home address online. Publicly available information reviewed does not establish who posted the address or whether its publication was connected to the people who later appeared at the property.

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Following the confrontation, the family launched a fundraising appeal on GiveSendGo to help cover the cost of relocating. In the appeal, Millicent Sedra said the family no longer felt safe remaining at the property and attributed to police the statement that officers could take 'reactive measures, not preventative measures.'

The police statement reported separately does not use that wording. It instead says officers provided home-security advice, continued patrols in the area and were reviewing CCTV.

The family has said it has received threats connected to its ministry for more than a year. That remains the family's account, and the fundraising appeal does not independently establish who was responsible for those earlier alleged threats.

Andrew and Noleen Sedra have publicly expressed conservative Christian views on social issues, while Andrew Sedra has also criticised Islam and progressive political and social movements. Those positions provide context for the family's belief that the confrontation was connected to its ministry, but they do not establish the identities or motives of those involved in the 3 September incident.

The Sedras said the confrontation would not change their religious message. Their fundraising appeal states that the family would 'continue to preach the truth of the Bible with courage and boldness.'

Police have not publicly said that anyone has been charged over the alleged threats. The confirmed arrest concerned an alleged failure to comply with a police move-on direction, while investigators continued to review CCTV from the property.