Destiny leader 'stood down'

[Lilith7]

After allegations of abuse

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/destiny-church-youth-group-leader-stood-down-police-investigation-under-way-into-allegations-of-sexual-abuse/TC46HOWEIJEE3PQXLQ5TOCSL2Y/

Destiny Church youth group leader stood down, police investigation under way into allegations of sexual abuse.
A Destiny Church youth leader has been stood down and a police investigation launched into allegations the man sexually abused youths in his care. The Herald understands there are multiple alleged victims, with the alleged abuse spanning several years.
The man was a longstanding Destiny disciple. His Facebook page is littered with photos of church events, many involving teenagers from the Boys2Men youth group.
There are also several images of the man with Destiny leader Brian Tamaki, including of him being anointed by the self-proclaimed apostle.
A mother whose son attended the youth group claims the youth was abused by the accused man, who often had teens staying at his house.
She alerted police in November last year after her son revealed he had been sexually abused. It’s understood police then contacted Destiny Church, which immediately stood the man down from his volunteer leadership role and banned him from the church.
The Herald also understands church leadership went to the man’s house to remove any teenagers who were staying there.
Police interviewed the mother’s son late last year and told her they were gathering evidence for a potential prosecution, she said.
But more than six months on, the mother said she has not had any updates on the investigation.
The solo mum said apart from an initial meeting with church leadership, she had received no communications from Destiny and no support since the abuse allegations came to light.
She told the Herald she sensed something was wrong with her son a year ago due to anger issues and growing disrespect for women. She felt he was being “controlled” and “used” by the youth group leader.
“Other mothers also felt something was wrong but there was no evidence. We felt that we had beautiful, respectful kids and all of them became very disrespectful of us as women.
“We had our own youth turning on us like they were gang members.”
The mother said she contacted Destiny Church about her concerns last year but received no response.
Since the abuse allegations emerged, the mother understands Destiny held a meeting with the man’s alleged victims, including her son, without contacting parents or seeking their permission. She felt this was highly inappropriate given the boys’ ages and during a police investigation.
The mother said she quit Destiny Church several years ago after becoming disillusioned with the culture and cult-like following.
“It seemed all hype and emotion. I just felt like the allegiance was to the leaders and the leader instead of God."

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A victim support workers brags about smacking his kids.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Wow. I remember thinking that tvnz series Testify was awfully reminiscent of Destiny. And Arise for that matter. What is it about churches that seem to attract sexual predators, I know it is a power thing, but they do appear to exert some kind of attraction for these sick individuals.

[nzoomed]

Well, i could see this coming a mile, no surprises here.
Hopefully it puts the whole thing to bed for once, this sort of behaviour has been going on for far too long.

Wow. I remember thinking that tvnz series Testify was awfully reminiscent of Destiny. And Arise for that matter. What is it about churches that seem to attract sexual predators, I know it is a power thing, but they do appear to exert some kind of attraction for these sick individuals.

It appears that churches attract predators because up until fairly recently they have been able to get away with it there.
Mostly because the churches cover it all up to prevent negative attention, well it actually does the opposite, if they come clean in the first place and dealt with it properly there would be no issues.

[Lilith7]

I wondered about Testify as well, & hoped that wasn't the case but apparently it was. Its an absolutely vile thing, to use such a position of trust to abuse vulnerable people. The catholic chuirch in particular has only recently admitted to the abuse which has been going on for deacdes, & perhaps centuries for all we know.


And some people wonder why some of us steer well clear of organised religion.

[Agent_24]

A Destiny Church youth leader has been stood down and a police investigation launched into allegations the man sexually abused youths in his care.

Still not a drag queen. Funny that.

[Lilith7]

A Destiny Church youth leader has been stood down and a police investigation launched into allegations the man sexually abused youths in his care.

Still not a drag queen. Funny that.

Isn't it though. I wonder how the drag queens those bigots stopped from reading books to kids in libraries are feeling; this should certainly help their case with luck.

[Agent_24]

Still not a drag queen. Funny that.

Isn't it though. I wonder how the drag queens those bigots stopped from reading books to kids in libraries are feeling; this should certainly help their case with luck.

I don't know, but anyone with a brain knows it's not the drag queens who are a threat to children.

Look at https://www.reddit.com/r/StillNotADragQueen/ for example. The majority of the offenders in the articles collected here are religious leaders. Then it's teachers, sports coaches, etc.

And yet it's always the religious ones who claim drag queens and the LGBT community are trying to harm children and 'sexualise' them. They project their own desires so hard that you can see the picture on the sky like a bat signal. Or perhaps a pedo-signal, in this case.

If someone wants to protect their kids, the answer is to keep them away from church.

[Lilith7]

Isn't it though. I wonder how the drag queens those bigots stopped from reading books to kids in libraries are feeling; this should certainly help their case with luck.

I don't know, but anyone with a brain knows it's not the drag queens who are a threat to children.

Look at https://www.reddit.com/r/StillNotADragQueen/ for example. The majority of the offenders in the articles collected here are religious leaders. Then it's teachers, sports coaches, etc.

And yet it's always the religious ones who claim drag queens and the LGBT community are trying to harm children and 'sexualise' them. They project their own desires so hard that you can see the picture on the sky like a bat signal. Or perhaps a pedo-signal, in this case.

If someone wants to protect their kids, the answer is to keep them away from church.

That does seem to be the most likely way to avoid those sorts of abusers. They seem drawn to religion - any one will do apparently - as  a means of abuding kids, which should deter anyone keen to join any church. Not one of them seems altogether trustworthy.