(4809) Sun 13 Aug 95 17:31 By: Ken Stuckas To: All Re: Sins of the church St: @EID:c4b1 1f

(4809)  Sun 13 Aug 95 17:31
By: Ken Stuckas
To: All
Re: Sins of the church
St:
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The local Bethesda Christian Cathedral founded in 1977 by
Dan Drake, Sr., was ordered to pay $925,000 compensation
in a civil trial for the seduction of a 15-year old choir
member in 1993 by one of its two associate pastors, Danny
Drake, the 43-year old son of the Pastor who is served one
year in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual
battery.

Drake had been accused of having sex with several women in
the church, according to the Florida Times-Union article.
When two husbands went to complain to the Pastor about his
son, one was told "If you'd been doing your job as a husband
this wouldn't have happened," and the Pastor counselled the
other with a similar complaint, saying. "It takes two to
tango."

The 2700-seat sanctuary was down to 100 congregants as of May
of this year.  The church is $2.2-million in debt.  The Pastor
is now retired on a $39,000 a year pension and his two sons
who were the associate pastors are presumably looking for
work elsewhere.

The non-denominational church has risen.  It is now under new
leadership and has changed its name to the International
Christian Center of Jacksonville.

... Onward Christian soldiers...
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