I have said it now......... and will say it again........ till i am blue in the boat......boat race ......face .........get it slang!!!!!!...... no oh fucking well ...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>.........religion is a scam ....... and here we have more proof ........... the loony ...... nut job.......... and the idiots ........ that believe her ......... weak minds will follow evil ........all these religious pastors .........and suchlike phonies........ they prey on weakness ...... and the lost.......... and lonely ..........there is no shortage of idiots ...... weak....... lost ...... uneducated ...... dumbass ...... stupid....... fuckers...... groveling on this crust........ we call earth ........ look at joe olsteen........ and karlos bonke....... and paula white .........who is a little hottie ........ and all these fucking jesus wackos ......... .....they fill stadiums with fucking fools simple and simple use the fear of god to rule ...iyts all fucking horse shite .......i believe in a great power ........ but not of that is a religious depictation ......but religion is buisness....... for the already poor fools ......giving these fucking retards money ........ and they bleed everyone dry !!!!!!!.........but hey !!!!!!!....... where there is one smart guy .......... there is ten thousand fools .........and as i alwaus say time and time again ....don't hate the player ..it's the game ........it's the game ..........
Wealthy 'prophetess' ran sweat shop fundraising call center and warned workers they'd face divine judgement and eternal damnation if they were lazy, feds say
A wealthy self-styled 'prophetess' has been accused of running a sweat shop-like call center staffed by overworked employees who she threatened with eternal damnation, according to a criminal indictment.
Kathleen Klein, 53, allegedly operated a forced labor ring along with two co-conspirators to solicit donations for their church, Kingdom of God Global Church (KOGGC).
'Victims were forced to work grueling hours at the call centers without pay and pressured to hit impossible fundraising targets,' the Justice Department said.
Klein was added to an indictment Wednesday, which previously accused church leaders David Taylor and Michelle Brannon of slavery and money laundering charges.
The defendants allegedly controlled every aspect of daily life for their employees, including instructing them to quit any full-time outside employment and to cut off family and friends, the criminal complaint, viewed by the Daily Mail, said.
Employees slept at the call centers, which were located in Michigan, Missouri, Florida, and Texas.
Church members who pushed back were forced to endure threats of eternal damnation, repentance rituals, physical violence, public humiliation and sleep deprivation among other punishments, prosecutors said.
The defendants raked in $50million in donations since 2014 through their alleged scheme, which they used to buy properties, vehicles, and luxury goods, according to the filings.
The trio also allegedly instructed their workers to apply for Electronic Benefits Transfers (EBT) by claiming that they were homeless, and they used those funds to buy food for staff, the indictment said.
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Kathleen Klein, 53, who went by 'prophetess,' was added to an indictment Wednesday, accusing her and two co-conspirators of running call centers that 'used forced labor to solicit donations' for their church
One of her alleged co-conspirators, Michelle Brannon, was arrested in August at a Florida mansion that was also a call center for the church
The filings detailed a series of alleged text messages sent by the defendants in which they made threats to withhold food if targets were missed.
Underperforming staff were made to suffer 'rebukings' where they were forced onto their knees and yelled at for several hours, the indictment said.
Taylor allegedly threatened employees with a 21-day cycle of only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches if they didn't raise $164,000 each in one day.
Klein sent similar messages to a group chat called Houston Managers, where she threatened to take away employees' weekends if they didn't hit their donation amounts, the complaint stated.
'Low number closers won't need dinner, they can have PB&J,' she allegedly texted 21 employees and Brannon on April 12, 2024.
'And to my knowledge, if end-of-day totals are not up, people will be going to the street, so this menu might change significantly.'
Taylor also allegedly said if closing numbers were not reached by 6pm, 'they don't eat dinner at all,' the indictment said.
'Each hour you fall behind, consequences will start...we will mess with the food,' he allegedly directed his personal servant, whom he called an 'armor bearer,' to tell staff.
'Take away the food!! There will be other consequences!! We must make them fast and pray!!'
David E. Taylor has been accused of leading the scheme, while Brannon and Klein took his orders
In a different text chain in August, Klein acknowledged that one worker was confined to the stairwell and was not kicked out on the street due to health issues, the indictment said.
In July 2025, Klein texted: 'This is so disgusting!! I want to slap them so hard with a drop kick.'
The complaint also accused Taylor, who referred to himself as Jesus' best friend, of receiving and requesting sexually explicit photographs and videos of KOGGC workers.
His personal 'armor bearers' also delivered the women to his home and made sure they used Plan B contraceptives afterward, the indictment said.
If the worker or armor bearer rejected his ask, they were punished, prosecutors claimed.
Klein has been charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor, which carries a sentence of 20 years in prison.
Taylor and Brannon were indicted in July 2025, where they were charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. They face 20 years in prison on each count.
The defendants, including Klein, would threaten their unpaid employees with eternal damnation and public humiliation if they couldn't reach their donation numbers
Klein and her co-defendants allegedly made $50million in donations through the scheme according to prosecutors
Brannon, 56, was arrested at a Hillsborough County mansion, which was owned by the church and used as a call center in August.
Taylor, 53, was arrested in North Carolina. The FBI raided call centers across the country including a huge $9.8million mansion in Tampa, Florida.
The Daily Mail has reached out to all the defendants' lawyers for comment.
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