Unholy secrets of megachurch preacher who bedded dozens of women: Explicit videos and texts laid bare in sick claims https://t.co/TVbaVHtUAS
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Private jets, boats, a fleet of luxury cars and a sprawling 10-bedroom Florida mansion – such assets sound like the trappings of a rock star or billionaire tycoon.
But federal prosecutors say megachurch pastor David E Taylor built this lavish empire by running his church like a sweatshop – forcing worshipers to toil for free in call centers while he lived large, collected expensive toys and allegedly bedded dozens of women.
Taylor, 53, and his executive director Michelle Brannon, 56, are charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar forced-labor and money-laundering scheme through their Kingdom of God Global Church, which operated across Michigan, Texas, Florida, Missouri and North Carolina.
Federal prosecutors allege the pair used physical, psychological and spiritual coercion to trap followers in unpaid labor, isolating them from the outside world and driving them to exhaustion in the name of God.
Victims were allegedly deprived of sleep and food, berated, humiliated and threatened with divine punishment if they failed to meet punishing fundraising targets – all while being told their suffering was holy.
Tens of millions of dollars were raised through donation drives pitched as charitable missions. Prosecutors said much of that money was laundered into luxury homes, high-end vehicles and recreational toys – a far cry from the humble ministry Taylor preached.
The Daily Mail can exclusively reveal photographs of a sprawling 10-bed Tampa, Florida mansion used as the church’s headquarters, along with all-terrain vehicles, a boat and other trappings of a lavish lifestyle allegedly purchased with proceeds from what investigators describe as slave labor.
We have also unearthed a furious group text message sent by Taylor to his call center workers when fundraising totals fell below what he expected them to raise.
‘QUESTION ?!? Why are we only at $18k tonight !??’ he demanded in the text, before branding staff ‘evil,’ accusing them of lying about why they fell short and ordering collective punishment.