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TONY ORTEGA
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[It even looks a little like the Flag building. (Fox13 Tampa)]
In Tampa, really?
We heard from several readers yesterday, who, like us, were surprised to see that the FBI raided a church in Tampa and arrested two of its leaders — and it had nothing to do with the Church of Scientology.
For decades now, former Scientologists have been waiting to hear similar news coming out of the Tampa/Clearwater area, but in regards to an organization whose abuses have been laid bare in multiple documentaries and books and scores of newspaper investigations — and yes, it’s a group we keep a pretty close eye on here.
So those readers can be forgiven for doing a double-take when hearing that a church in Tampa, of all places, was being taken down in such dramatic fashion.
It appears the target of yesterday’s raid, the Kingdom of God Global Church, is a garden-variety prosperity-gospel Jesus-based racket that was raising millions on the backs of indentured servants for the inurement of its leaders, and with some sexual allegations thrown in as well, which seems to be the kind of thing that proves the tipping point for federal action.
Let’s look at some of the specific points from the Department of Justice’s press release that went out yesterday:
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Excerpt:
[It even looks a little like the Flag building. (Fox13 Tampa)]
In Tampa, really?
We heard from several readers yesterday, who, like us, were surprised to see that the FBI raided a church in Tampa and arrested two of its leaders — and it had nothing to do with the Church of Scientology.
For decades now, former Scientologists have been waiting to hear similar news coming out of the Tampa/Clearwater area, but in regards to an organization whose abuses have been laid bare in multiple documentaries and books and scores of newspaper investigations — and yes, it’s a group we keep a pretty close eye on here.
So those readers can be forgiven for doing a double-take when hearing that a church in Tampa, of all places, was being taken down in such dramatic fashion.
It appears the target of yesterday’s raid, the Kingdom of God Global Church, is a garden-variety prosperity-gospel Jesus-based racket that was raising millions on the backs of indentured servants for the inurement of its leaders, and with some sexual allegations thrown in as well, which seems to be the kind of thing that proves the tipping point for federal action.
Let’s look at some of the specific points from the Department of Justice’s press release that went out yesterday:
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FBI raids Tampa church, indicts leaders for forced labor: So why not Scientology?
In Tampa, really?
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