Things that make you go hmmmmm

Here is another interesting thing that happened as I started looking into all these things about House of Prayer.

As you recall (or can look up on these blogs), church member Cesar Vargas was quoted in a newspaper story as he vehemently denied the church is a cult. In that story he was quoted to say:

“We know several people that left our church have been making prank calls to several places,” he said. “The fire marshal was called and told a bunch of lies about the safety of the church. He came out, inspected, and everything was fine. Several church members have had Child Protective Services called to their home for no reason, no nefarious activity or child abuse/neglect has been found. We were able to obtain copies of the phone complaints, and we recognize the voices of former members. We are considering soliciting the help of local law enforcement.”

Immediately following that story I got an email from a concerned wife of a former pastor of House of Prayer.
The email was dated 7/7/2017.

Hi Patty,I had a concern not even sure if it's true or not, but how was it even possible that law enforcement and Social Services turned over tapes to HOPCC of people calling, is this possible? and isn't that a breech of people's safety and welfare for the law enforcement to do such a thing? I mean that would prohibit people from calling out child endangerment cases because of something like this. I

She wanted to know if it could be true that somehow members of HOPCC got audio tapes of calls made to DFACS.

I replied 7/8/2017:

I am not sure about how Child Protective Services works....if the calls go only to CPS I am not sure how they are handled.

I found a document online that explained exactly who and how people may or can access information on child abuse complaints and cases. This document is VERY specific and on page 19 states the requirements for the state of Georgia. 
You can view that document here:
Child Disclosure Act

In the email I went on to explain how open records can be requested for police reports  and also how certain documents, when used in court can be found through a public records search at the count clerk's office. I even said that I thought Cesar said that as a scare tactic and that I highly doubted the HOPCC folks actually had audiotapes from DFACS.

Remember what Cesar Vargas said:

"We were able to obtain copies of the phone complaints, and we recognize the voices of former members."

VOICES...AS IN AUDIO. Well it turns out they may have gained access to items they shouldn't have had access to. Fox 28 news reporter Robert Catanese broke open the story at the beginning of this year:

Liberty County DFCS employee dismissed after internal audit

It could very well be that HOPCC had inside information for however many years Marshel Webb was employed there. 

The former pastor referenced in the Fox 28 story was calling to report on the abuse he had heard that happened to Lynette Rosario and the other girls while in Stuart Florida with Rony Denis. If you have yet to hear that, here is the link:

Interview with Lynette Rosario regarding beatings

So much more to come. Sorry it's taking a while but my work has kept me busy. Still need to tell you Arlen's story and also how the church may be getting funded by the city of Hinesville. Yep, you read that correctly. Stayed tuned.