Posted on 10/11/2024 7:42:38 PM PDT by Morgana
ust seconds after pleading not guilty at a preliminary hearing to two counts of capturing an intimate representation without consent, Gabriel Mills, the recently fired guest experience pastor at the Kenosha, Wisconsin, campus of the multisite Journey Church, who allegedly sent himself nude photos of a female congregant from her husband's cell phone, was arrested again for a similar crime.
"This morning Gabriel Mills was arrested after his preliminary hearing. A new complainant came forward, after reading the original media release. Detectives were able to locate evidence on Gabriel's phone that substantiated the claims made against him by the complainant," Lt. Josh Hecker of the Kenosha Police Department said in a statement cited by the Kenosha County Eye.
The initial complaint against Mills, 41, shared on Facebook by the Kenosha County District Attorney's Office, said a female congregant, identified as CMB, and her husband, who is also an employee of the Racine Police Department identified as TAB, attended a life group meeting at Mills' home with their children and other church members on Sept. 22.
At around 8 p.m. during the meeting, she told investigators she heard her husband ask Mills to help download an audiobook application on his cell phone, later revealed as Audible. She said she went downstairs to get her children, and about 10 minutes later, she came back up and saw Mills holding his phone close to his chest so it could not be seen.
She said that as she talked to Mills, he lowered his hand and phone to his side, and she could see a sexually suggestive photo of her.
She said she recognized the image as a photo she had taken of herself and had only ever shared with her husband. She said she became furious about how her private photo had ended up on the pastor's phone and wondered what other images of her he might have.
The congregant and her husband subsequently filed a complaint with the local police. Police cited evidence showing that Mills used AirDrop to transfer two explicit photos from the husband's phone to his.
A spokesperson for Journey Church told WISN 12 Wednesday that the church leaders are "aware of the ongoing investigation and are cooperating with authorities."
Mills, a father of five and recently celebrated 20 years of marriage to his wife, was arrested and went to bond court on his birthday on Oct. 2.
Commissioner William Michel II set his bail at $7,500 cash, which was paid by a wealthy man named Don Taylor, according to the Kenosha County Eye.
Details from the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department show Mills is still in custody on the latest count of Capture an Intimate Representation Without Consent.
Police are also investigating if there are additional victims.
"The investigations against Gabriel are still on-going. At this time, several search warrants have been executed and many items of evidence have been seized. The seized evidence primarily consists of electronic devices, that contain digital evidence," Hecker said Wednesday. "The seized items are still being processed to identify other potential victims. Det. Eric Traxler is asking for anyone with information related to this case to please contact him at 262-605-5223."
"Guest experience pastor"? Hmmmm....
Was the Husband also charged for stupidly sharing private photos of his wife in that manner? He should have been.
Come on dude, the husband let him borrow his phone not go through all his files in the phone. Might bit if a difference there.
Is anybody ADULT anymore?
I no longer go to church. I don’t need it.
No they are not. Not even in church.
Yes, but very few.
I was just looking up “guest experience pastor.” I don’t think I want to belong to a church with a guest experience pastor.
Yes, unfortunately.
Define The meaning of ‘IS’ -”IS”
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Thanks tricky Dick.
Sure there’s going to be more, it’s inevitable.
I’ll bet these pastors involved in this stuff wish they had a big bureaucracy like the Church of Rome that could just move them around and hide them in the system.
Former priest and psychologist Richard Sipe detailed it years ago.
https://youtu.be/RV4hLNjmNtU?si=WhjzC015gIofkVj5
I would never store nude photos of my wife on my phone.
“Fired” - as it should be.
The pastor should not be arrested because someone else sent him the photo. Unless they can prove that the pastor was holding the husband’s phone and sent the photo. Without that proof, this smells like a false accusation against the pastor.
Did the pastor immediately delete the photo as soon as he received it? Or did he immediately notify his overseers so he could show that someone was trying to trap him? If not, then he should be fired, but still not arrested (violating God’s law but not man’s law).
Since the wife is saying that she didn’t consent to the photo being shared, then she has to press charges on the husband. I suspect, though, that the couple are either swingers or do online photos/videos. I can’t imagine any other reason to take the nude photo, especially with the husband keeping it on his phone.
Since this involves a large church, never forget the money temptation. It may be that the couple thought that they could plant the nude photo onto his phone and extort money from the mega church.
Smart move... the religious institutions have been infected by the lefts cancer.
You don’t need a church or a pastors opinion sermons or a so called commercial religion that expects 10% or more donations.
Hey preach, what’s going on under that robe?p
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