Anonymous Akron - OpAngley
Channel: Occupy Youngstown Oral History Project
Date: 2014-10-19

Greetings citizens. We are Anonymous.

It has been revealed this week that Akron area televangelist Ernest Angley has, for the last several years, been operating a cult from Grace Cathedral in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.  Several former church members have come forward with allegations that Angley on a regular basis encouraged women in the congregation to have abortions and men in the congregation to have vasectomies, examining the men both before and after the operations for swelling, even though Angley has no medical training.  One report tells of a mother to be who apologized to her unborn child in the waiting room of the abortion clinic before the procedure.  

Other reports detail how members are kept divided from the rest of society and how anyone who questions any of Angley's teachings is labeled as demon possessed and railed against from the pulpit.  Yet another report details how members are warned not to watch television as demons will come through the television screen and possess their souls.  

Many reports detail how Angley divides families and actively causes divorces by shunning people who choose to leave the church, again accusing those who leave of being demon possessed and forbidding church members to speak with them.  Some ex-members have speculated that Angley does this in order to keep tight control of members' dedication to the church through control of their time and finances.

Anonymous has been watching as events have unfolded this week, and we are not pleased.  Such actions, the reports of which are validated by the number of ex-members who have come forward and are willing to speak with the press, constitute severe abuse by an authority figure who is looked to for support and guidance and looks very much like the structural underpinnings of a cult.  This situation is unacceptable.

Ex-members of Grace Cathedral, know that Anonymous supports you as you come forward, and we have your backs.  Ernest Angley, know that we are watching you closely, collecting every byte of data about you, and we will not remain silent while you continue to abuse and control our friends and neighbors.

Op Angley engaged.

We are Anonymous.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Ernest Angley, you should have expected us.

Falling From Grace?
http://www.ohio.com/special-projects/ernest-angley-s-grace-cathedral-suffers-rift

Former Grace Cathedral member says of Ernest Angley: ‘He divides and conquers families’ 
http://www.ohio.com/news/local/former-grace-cathedral-member-says-of-ernest-angley-he-divides-and-conquers-families-1.531860

Televangelist Ernest Angley encouraged vasectomies, abortions, Akron Beacon Journal reports
http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2014/10/cuyahoga_falls_evangelical_chu.html

The shocking allegations rocking Rev. Ernest Angley’s Ohio megachurch
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/10/15/the-shocking-allegations-rocking-rev-ernest-angleys-ohio-megachurch/

Ohio pastor forced vasectomies, abortions on members while children were secretly sexually abused: report
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-pastor-forced-vasectomies-abortions-members-report-article-1.1973158

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