Posted June 30
I recently spoke with a brave young lady who is now 18 but was a member of House of Prayer from the age of 3 until she left at the age of 16. Lynette Rosario said church leader Rony Denis frequently took 3 young girls and his daughter on trips to Florida along with a few other top church officials. The parents of these young girls trusted Denis with their children. These girls were around 11 to 15 years of age when Denis allegedly beat them with a belt just because these teenage girls were speaking with boys. On a second trip he made the girls sleep in the attic in their own urine and feces. You will hear my voice and that of former Pastor Arlen Bradeen (He is NO LONGER with HOPCC) and more importantly, in her own words, the things Rosario went through at the age of 15. I have her permission to use this audio. This is just part one of our conversation.
Interview 1 with Lynette Rosario
Posted July 16
Here is my second audio snippet where I talked to a brave young man named Andrew. I edited this audio to just cover some information about what he experienced as he left the church, what the church does to those that leave, his relationship with his dad (still in the church) and he does introduce us to how (or better yet how not) the church school benefited him. In the audio it is me, Andrew, former member Gladys and former member Arlen.
Andrew
Posted July 22
Here is more of my conversation with Lynette Rosario. She was a member of House of Prayer from the age of 3 until she left at the age of 16. In part one posted lower on this page thread she talked about church leader Rony Denis' beatings. In part two she talks about how her mom talked her into leaving, how Denis made her feel, her struggles with education after being taught by the church school and what she would want people to know about House of Prayer. You will hear my voice and that of former Pastor Arlen Bradeen (He is NO LONGER with HOPCC). I have her permission to use this audio.
Interview 2 with Lynette
If you've been following the blog and postings. The last story we did in the newspaper alleged that the church was committing real estate fraud.
A few days or two prior to that last story, I had already noticed that cars were driving slowly by my house and my neighbor's house. I soon learned that my neighbor was also a former member who got herself and her three kids out of that church. She has since moved out of Georgia.
In the days that followed this story and the story about their school being unaccredited church "spokespeople" CJ Vargas and Jeff Derby inundated me and ALL of my co-workers and boss with emails. Some with information about the stories saying we got all the information wrong or they were lies told to us by the former members.
Others were nothing but Bible Scriptures and a few were from Derby's twisted mind and although he thought he was just being funny and sarcastic, they painted a pretty good picture of what he thought.
Nearly every weekend for two months there was a Grey Nissan with that would park at the end of the cul-de-sac (my house is the second house in from that spot).
Sometimes they would park right in front of my house and just sit in the car. At times they sat there while I mowed the lawn. Once or twice I would walk up to the car, tap on the window and ask what do you want? Sometimes I would let my Shepard Blood Hound mix and later on my Pitbull/Boxer mix (and sometimes both) out to greet my new guest and say hello. They must not like dogs though because they would take off when my dog would try and greet them through the driver's side window. My other neighbors started watching my house while I was at work. They would send me photos saying, "The God Squad is here again."
They were trying to intimidate me. Trying to shut me up.
You'll note that at the end of the real estate story it said:
The Courier reached out to Oloans to respond to questions about PHP and Centex and the allegations. The following day the Courier received an email from HOPCC media spokesperson Cesar Vargas who said Oloans, under the advisement of his attorney, would not speak to anyone from the media concerning any issues.
I called Anthony Oloans ONE TIME prior to us going to print with the story. I spoke with him no more than 30 seconds and asked him if he or his attorney would like to reply to the allegations.
Here is an excerpt of the final email I got from "church spokesperson" CJ Vargas. It started out by attacking the newspaper (He used the words Fake News before Trump did)...we would do anything to attract subscribers...we have low circulation...stuff like that...which is true for the print version but not our online readers..then this:
Email dated July 14, 2017
Patty, we will never accept homosexual preachers, nor people whose conduct is totally unbecoming of true Christianity. Patty, you are a better christian than the people who are telling you lies about the church. Some of these same people have been trying to come back to church. They are telling you one thing, then behind the scenes telling us something completely different. You are being used by these people.
The church has nothing against you or the paper, I love you and the church loves you. I, Cesar Vargas, nor the church have any intention to take you guys to court for any matter. We want to end this peacefully and friendly.
In closing, I have been advised by legal counsel to no longer write or communicate with the media. That means this is goodbye.
Any phone calls or contact with church members or preachers from this day forward will be looked upon as a form of harassment. No more information about the church will be given, and this will be my last email. Our church is open to anyone who would like to come, if you would like to know more about the church please come in and visit.
I called Oloans so they could give their version of the TRUTH and suddenly I am the one harassing them? They've been parked at my house for months, yet I am am harassing them for ONE phone call to allow them to give their side of the story....COME ONE.
Derby sent me an email too:
From this day forward if you like to I can direct you to our legal team in Atlanta. I can also have someone talk to you from Alliance Defending Freedom.
I am still waiting on information as to who are their attorneys and who I should call regarding these issues.
And that is also why there has not been a "newspaper" story since. In the principles of ethical journalism you should always try and reach out and get the other side of the story. Even if the other side of the story ends up being nothing more than a "no comment."
This is also when I discovered that churches are protected from having to reply to any Open Records Requests or Freedom Of Information Act.
So that is why, after gathering information for two long years, I decided I would just put the information I've been collecting out here. These are from interviews with former members, new documents that are just starting to come to light. More and more courageous people willing to step forward with their truth. I am merely passing the information along and at times offering my opinion. It is up to you to draw your own conclusions.
I'll be posting some emails I got from former members and I have to place a phone call so I can speak with one person who left the church 2 months ago. She wants to talk more about the education system (or lack thereof). And another person who said he called DFACS after he learned about Lynette Rosario's beating and how that opened a whole new can of worms that was actually featured recently on Fox News 28 in Savannah.
I posted this on my timeline 7/2/2017
Don't you just hate it when somebody who's supposed to be the leader sends his cronies out better yet sends his little puppets out to do the work of real men come on dude you want to take me on take me on in person don't send you a little juvenile puppets to do the job. I mean come on you have the ability to lead a church yet you don't have the ability to take me on face-to-face what a wuss. PS thanks for the confirmation that you are the ones scoping out my house... and you're not the only one that was recording the conversation tell your little puppet thanks for the heads up telling me that some of your church members are very high on the city officials list checking into that accordingly. A smear campaign is a two-way street let's see who wins
I am still waiting on information as to who are their attorneys and who I should call regarding these issues.
And that is also why there has not been a "newspaper" story since. In the principles of ethical journalism you should always try and reach out and get the other side of the story. Even if the other side of the story ends up being nothing more than a "no comment."
This is also when I discovered that churches are protected from having to reply to any Open Records Requests or Freedom Of Information Act.
So that is why, after gathering information for two long years, I decided I would just put the information I've been collecting out here. These are from interviews with former members, new documents that are just starting to come to light. More and more courageous people willing to step forward with their truth. I am merely passing the information along and at times offering my opinion. It is up to you to draw your own conclusions.
I'll be posting some emails I got from former members and I have to place a phone call so I can speak with one person who left the church 2 months ago. She wants to talk more about the education system (or lack thereof). And another person who said he called DFACS after he learned about Lynette Rosario's beating and how that opened a whole new can of worms that was actually featured recently on Fox News 28 in Savannah.
I posted this on my timeline 7/2/2017
Don't you just hate it when somebody who's supposed to be the leader sends his cronies out better yet sends his little puppets out to do the work of real men come on dude you want to take me on take me on in person don't send you a little juvenile puppets to do the job. I mean come on you have the ability to lead a church yet you don't have the ability to take me on face-to-face what a wuss. PS thanks for the confirmation that you are the ones scoping out my house... and you're not the only one that was recording the conversation tell your little puppet thanks for the heads up telling me that some of your church members are very high on the city officials list checking into that accordingly. A smear campaign is a two-way street let's see who wins




Keep at it!
ReplyDeleteRony Denis will never take you on face-to-face he is a whimp he will never enter into a situation that he cannot control and make himself look good he he has to have all the people aroundto agree with him.
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