Apologia Church Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Editor of Check My Church Website
Durbin claims that Young is a cult member.
(Ministry Watch) Sarah Young’s Check My Church website seeks to “check every church in the country” and “expose corruption, abuse, legalism, materialism, and wolves” in sheep’s clothing. But the watchdog ministry’s articles about “red flags” at Apologia Church have generated angry denials from lead pastor Jeff Durbin, who claims that Young is a cult member.
On Monday, the church’s attorney sent Young a cease and desist letter, claiming she has defamed the church and its members by either knowingly or recklessly spreading falsehoods.
The letter demanded Young remove her latest article on the church, which is now unavailable on the site, but other articles on Apologia remain. The article in question, “Apologia Church Members Abused Their Adopted Child | What Does the Church Know?” can be found in the exhibits to the attorney’s letter, which is available here.
The article claims the church encourages members to adopt babies and bring them to faith in Christ. Young claims the church provided counseling and cover to members Michael and Tiffany Hendrickson, who allegedly repeatedly abused the child they adopted.
On Saturday Aug. 13, Young emailed Durbin asking him to comment on…to continue reading, click here.
This article was written by Steve Rabey and published at Ministry Watch