116 0 obj Victory Outreach is required to disclose little about its finances because it is a church. The family of Andrew James Canada is suing the Victory Outreach Church for his wrongful death. trailer After only four of the 70 or so Victory Outreach facilities in California got a state license, the church withdrew all its license applications. Figueroa earns $250 a week as a clerk at the church's bookstore in La Puente. AN INTERNATIONAL EVANGELICAL Christian ministry which believes that homosexuals are . 0000006330 00000 n Access to MinistryWatch content is free. I have contacted the Pastor Mark Garcia asking for an explanation and an apology. 2021-09-28, Orange County Superior Courts | Family | 0000002612 00000 n Alec Baldwin is now facing a second lawsuit over the fatal 2021 shooting on the New Mexico set of the movie Rust, with this new case coming from the victim's . Site Pastors - The Neighbourhood (Ogden) Don & Colette Delaney. the only time i heard and thought proselytizing was illegal was in the military where it was against regulations to try and convert ppl Proselytism is illegal when done during work hours by government employees, corpsmembers, or contractors. We all lined up on the stairs (like in preschool or prison) for breakfast, they told me to brush my hair for the last time. The Judge overseeing this case is MEEKA, PETER J.. Victory Outreach provides assistance to individuals whose lives have been disrupted by drugs and alcohol abuse. Plaintiff contends that he was shot as a result of Defendants requirement that he volunteer outside the home. Our solution to the drug problem is found in a spiritual experience with Jesus Christ.". It is tough. Paul Burress achieved minor fame for his role in the 2014 documentary, Fight Church, which explored churches that host fights and/or fight clubs and train members in fighting. See, e.g . Victory Outreach does not belong to any outside organization that monitors fiscal accountability, as many churches do. It has more than . A place you call home, A people you call family! Arguinzoni is advancing toward what he says is a God-ordered goal of 1,000 churches by the year 2000. 0000002865 00000 n Victory Outreach is has a reputation for financially extorting their congregation, rehabbing "drug addicts" by making them apply for public aide then taking all of it, making them do hard labor for free, going to church and group prayer for up to 6 hours a day, constant ridiculous cleaning chores, allowing only 4 hours of sleep a day. Plaintiff states that Defendant told him that he really needed to get the tattoo removed. (Declaration of Damien Perez, 14.) 2022 monograph to be their final report. That way, he said, residents could collect both welfare benefits and the income from odd jobs. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. exploits people,the administration know's who they are. I knew that some of the untrained "staff" were more like crude "trusties" still dealing with their own problems. They have little or practically nor formal preparation, just the willingness to do good after many years of causing heartache and suffering upon themselves, their loved ones and their victims. The call involves a commitment to plant and develop churches, rehabilitation homes, and training centers, in strategic cities of the world. In the alternative, the Court grants summary judgment because there is no triable issue whether Defendant breached any duty. Meghann Cuniff. . By continuing to use this website, you agree to UniCourts General Disclaimer, Terms of Service, VO is not perfect. Why is this public record being published online? Click HERE to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links. When I was younger my family belong to a cult which is called the People of hope I am so glad I am out of it since I was twelve! Jim Bakker: Morningside Church Productions Inc . Agreed. The lawsuit is part of the city's push to expand its nuisance abatement effort, which targets properties that are sources of drugs and gangs. French, 33, graduated from New College in 2010. Internal Revenue Service | An official website of the United States . The ministry in question is Victory Outreach Ministries International, founded by Sonny Arguinzoni in 1967 in Los Angeles California. Plaintiff alleges that his performance of volunteer work was a condition of his residence in the home. I'm sorry on behalf of my ministry VO. as other compaints have stated pastor phil lyndon-jones. The driver of the van had been operating the vehicle with a suspended license. Plaintiff states that Defendant always asked what was going on with the tattoo and why [Plaintiff] still had it. (Ibid.) "If it wasn't for God rescuing me, I wouldn't be alive," said Arguinzoni, speaking with the accent of his Brooklyn hometown, where he stole to support his heroin habit more than 30 years ago. The day after I got it back I was driving home from a friend's house, I had not been drinking or smoking, had plenty of rest but for reasons beyond me I nodded off All I remember was swerving Left into a concrete wall, a flash of light, then I thought I died on the gurneyI woke up after 3 days in the hospital. In every church there are going to be some who have negative experiences but that cannot be said for every individual. Responding to the regulators' concerns, church representative Kenneth Mata wrote an August 1992 letter to Pullen asking to withdraw all the license applications. She is also known as the "Daughter of Thunder" for the thunderous sound she makes in the Earth that impacts the hearts and minds of all who encounter her ministry. for a few years and they are self serving and controlling people ..they have a hidden agenda and thats your money and labor there is so much to be said about this group god will expose them one day big difference between religion and cult. Dean Fryer, a spokesman for state Labor Commissioner Jose Millan, said workers--whether or not they are in drug rehabilitation--must be paid for their labor. threats of expulsion from the recovery facility . DATED: November 18, 2019 ___________________________, Case Number: ****9198 Hearing Date: November 05, 2019 Dept: 5. I had a concussion, memory loss, thought I was dead and was led to believe eternal hell was gonna snatch my soul if I left. Since then the page has accumulated 13 consumer complaints. Moreover, it is undisputed that: Plaintiff knew that residents of the Home were expected to work at various locations, with pay for their work hours going to the Home for expenses, but they volunteered to do this. Do you have updated information to help us investigate the company? Former pastors and ex-members say Victory Outreach exploits its vulnerable followers and exacts from them blind loyalty to rake in millions of dollars at their expense. The scarred-over needle marks on his arms are covered by tailor-made suits. . Plaintiff filed an opposition on October 30, 2019, which is only four court days before the hearing. Now, three new lawsuits allege that the father-and-son team of serial abusers was only part of the problem at Victory Baptist Church in Rochester, New . Information about Victory Outreach Church was first submitted to Scambook on Aug 31, 2013. A person who has not created a peril is ordinarily not liable in tort merely for failure to take affirmative action to assist or protect another, unless there is some [r]elationship between them which gives rise to a duty to act. (Winkelman v. City of Sunnyvale(1976) 59 Cal.App.3d 509, 512, internal quotations omitted.) While the lawsuit describes the two as pastors of the church, its website names two other people. Victory Outreach Member Center. Sonny Arguinzoni is an American Evangelical Christian pastor, author and youth counselor who founded Victory Outreach International, an international ministry of Evangelical Christian Churches. Victory Outreach is an internationally recognized leader in reaching the inner cities of the world and restoring lives that were once bruised and broken. Victory Outreach et al . /r/gangstalking is a subreddit that focuses upon presenting information about predatory gangstalking and also to exist as a community to organize as a group to spread awareness and education. Using tough love, Victory Outreach has helped turn around thousands of addicts and others. This call involves a commitment to plant and develop churches and training centers, in strategic cities of the world. Plaintiff has violated Code of Civil Procedure section 1005, which requires that an opposition be filed nine court days before the hearing. A more recent docket listing All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2016 Scambook, LLC Scambook is a Registered Trademark. A former financial official who quit in 1992 said most churches contributed $18,000 to $20,000 a year to Victory Outreach headquarters, which, if true, would amount to a total of more than $4 million a year. I would, on occasion, go to the Home as a church leader and meet with residents to provide help with their progress in adjusting to life out of prison. The money, they say, is used to support a high lifestyle for Pastor Sonny and other top church leaders. 2,590 were here. The lifestyle demanded of followers is spartan because that's what church leaders say it takes to break the powerful grip of drugs and alcohol. 0000001486 00000 n Subscribe to Justia's Free Newsletters featuring summaries of federal and state court opinions. I was drunk and thought it was safe there. Sign In. Canada, 53, died when the church van he was in went off a highway. When I was 'busted and disgusted' in Puerto Rico a friend made a call to Pastor Sonny and two days later Victory Outreach picked me up at LAX and sooner than later, things changed, I changed. meh, I don't think so, but its semantics anyways. These filings and docket sheets should not be considered findings of fact or liability, nor do they necessarily reflect the view of Justia. I knew I was dead or dying in a coma because they made sure I stayed out of reality even in sleep. "I'm a household name in the ghetto," he said during an interview at the church's 15-acre headquarters in La Puente. We were contacted via email from a Mission Organization we represented in the US saying they received this invite but were unable to attend so they passed it on to us. Victory Outreach recruits new members at street corner rallies and from jails and prisons. On 05/12/2009 VICTORY OUTREACH LA PUENTE filed a Contract - Other Contract lawsuit against MERCO GROUP-2001-2021. (, In opposition, Plaintiff relies on his own declaration. Hi my name is Joaquin I was recently in the Victory Outreach home I did not graduate the home and I went to go work for a contractor that offered me a job when I left the home and now the director is telling my employer that he does not have the right to give me a job and you will no longer have a relationship with him because I'm working for him and I didn't graduate the home I feel like that's a violation of my constitutional right I am a man that has struggled with addiction I have gotten my life right I am not on drugs I'm trying to live a productive Life as a productive citizen we're just because I'm not with the home but not attending the church they're taking away my right as a civilian of United States to work with somebody that seems that I have potential to live a successful life I feel that Victory Outreach does not have a right to dictate who I work for when I do not along to home. oh, I'm not saying you are wrong, it is just a very strange tactic. State officials in the early 1990s found many church rehabilitation homes to be unsafe and unsanitary. I loaded my van with about 6 huge tables and supplies and drove to the beach at 9am, they are slavedrivers not followers of Christ.. After 7 or 8 hours they still refused to feed us, I had to borrow money to eat, and I shared with my fellow starving slaves. Victory Outreach became known to many as The Addict Church because of the many addicts that were being saved. See, e.g . Arguinzoni receives a salary of $70,000 a year, officials said, and the church raises about $1 million in revenue each year. God himself pulled the needle out of Sonny Arguinzoni's arm, or so the story goes. DR. JASMIN "JAZZ" SCULARK. He said church officials are preparing a report for the public on how money is spent. startxref Text-only Version: Click HERE to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links. "You have very few choices. Belaustegui, in a 1996 resignation letter he posted on the World Wide Web, said he sent $21,467 in 1995 to church headquarters. Ok here it goes in illiterate I use spell check in so not perfect I wish I sounded half as smart as u guys do no periods commas nothing but I will say something y'all like to investigate soo much here's a challenge for you one year no I've heard none of that good stuff but I've experienced for myself go to our church without a prejudice mindset from what you think you know or heard don't live off others opinions live off you're own and if we seen like the type that wear sheets ok cool all on you but if not what's the worse that can happen maybe a year was to much try a month faithfully with an open heart don't give money ur not ready for that but listen watch get to know people then come back and talk about it!! Psychic driving can really warp reality! But never ever have you ever heard anything negative about our founder, Pastor Sonny lives by faith, and I have learned to live by faith and many miracles have happened within my family. . . 2014-05-13, Los Angeles County Superior Courts | Other | "I think he's misappropriated finances.". . "In all the meetings I've had with Victory Outreach, they have never mentioned the fact they refer their individuals out for employment and that there's income coming in," Quinn said. Victory Outreach is an evangelical organization founded in California in the 1960s which has . Outdated Info? Reaching Los Angeles. <>stream Information about Victory Outreach Church was first submitted to Scambook on Aug 31, 2013. Without you guys it wouldn't have been possible. 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