Milwaukee, WI (LifeNews.com) -- A Wisconsin pastor has been murder because she refused to fund her step-grandson's request for his girlfriend to have an abortion. After the woman, identified as 75-year-old Anne Gordon, said she wouldn't give him the money, 30-year-old Eric Henry allegedly took her life.

According to police, Henry killed Gordon by using duct-tape to seal a plastic bag over her head and binding her hands and feet with the tape so she would be unable to remove it.

Police say Gordon asked God to forgive Henry for what he was doing as he allegedly bound and killed her.

Authorities say Henry asked Gordon for $300 to pay for his girlfriend's abortion and she refused him the money.

According to WTMJ-AM, a criminal report indicates Henry told police another unidentified man forced him to kill Gordon, but officials say they doubt that story and have no evidence that Henry did anything other than act alone in the murder.

Henry told police that he told Gordon the money would be used for a paternity test, not an abortion, but she would not give him the money. Instead, Gordon asked Henry to pray with her about the situation.

Afterwards, Henry left Gordon's home and later returned to her apartment with another man with the intention of robbing Gordon. As he stayed by the front door, the man went upstairs to steal money from Gordon but came away empty-handed.

According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, police said Henry told officials that the other man hit Gordon and knocked her to the ground and then asked Henry to tape her body. Police say Henry was the one to duct-tape the bag over Gordon's head and causing her death.

Gordon was the pastor at St. Anne's Cathedral Holy Church of Deliverance, located on the northwest side of Milwaukee.

Medical examiners say the elderly black woman died from asphyxiation. She was found on her back, and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel said she had rugs from her home covering her body.

Henry's attorney, Robert D'Arruda, said his client will fight the charges and claim the other man forced him to murder his grandmother.

Henry is the stepson of Gordon's son Paul and another son, Ray, spoke with the newspaper about the death of his mother.

"Her personality was very strong. She knew what she wanted, and if you were doing something wrong, she would tell you to straighten up your life, and that you know what the Bible says," he said.

Gordon's funeral is set for Saturday.