Watford church leader Mike Pilavachi 'massaged young male interns'
September 7, 2023 at 4:42 pm
Watford church leader Mike Pilavachi 'massaged young male interns'
A church leader massaged young male interns and wrestled youths as he used his "spiritual authority to control people", an investigation has found.
The former Rev Canon Mike Pilavachi led Soul Survivor Church in Watford as well as a national Christian youth festival.
A Church of England probe found he displayed coercive and controlling behaviour at the church and had inappropriate relationships.
A report said those concerns related to conduct in his leadership and ministry, both before and after he was ordained in 2012, spanning 40 years from his time as a youth leader to the present day.
It said: "The overall substantiated concerns are described as an abuse of power relating to his ministry, and spiritual abuse; described in guidance as 'a form of emotional and psychological abuse characterised by a systematic pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour in a religious context'.
"It was concluded that he used his spiritual authority to control people and that his coercive and controlling behaviour led to inappropriate relationships, the physical wrestling of youths and massaging of young male interns."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be...gn=KARANGA
A church leader massaged young male interns and wrestled youths as he used his "spiritual authority to control people", an investigation has found.
The former Rev Canon Mike Pilavachi led Soul Survivor Church in Watford as well as a national Christian youth festival.
A Church of England probe found he displayed coercive and controlling behaviour at the church and had inappropriate relationships.
A report said those concerns related to conduct in his leadership and ministry, both before and after he was ordained in 2012, spanning 40 years from his time as a youth leader to the present day.
It said: "The overall substantiated concerns are described as an abuse of power relating to his ministry, and spiritual abuse; described in guidance as 'a form of emotional and psychological abuse characterised by a systematic pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour in a religious context'.
"It was concluded that he used his spiritual authority to control people and that his coercive and controlling behaviour led to inappropriate relationships, the physical wrestling of youths and massaging of young male interns."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be...gn=KARANGA
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
