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Key Witness in Frandle Trial Develops Sudden Case of Amnesia right before Trial was to StartFrandle was originally arraigned for failing to report Child Sexual Abuse committed by a Michigan worker who was under his responsibility.
Michigan overseer Jerome Frandle was charged with a misdemeanor for Failure to Report Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) within the 2x2 ministry.
Frandle entered a plea of Not Guilty at the arraignment.
A pretrial motion to dismiss the case based on the argument that Frandle is not a minister fell completely apart.
Frandle's case was to go to trial on April 24, 2012.
Less than a week before the trial, a key witness suddenly forgot a few details and the case was dismissed.
Anyone willing to call that a coincidence?Frandle's lawyer, of course, will be paid for his services using money donated by the friends, no doubt. Meanwhile lemming Michigan 2x2s will express their gratitude next Sunday morning for Frandle's "sacrifice" and bob their heads in agreement like good little unwitting sheep. Disgusting. However, the important question that should be asked is... What is the penalty in Michigan for intimidating a witness? This case started when former brother worker Darren Briggs was convicted of Child Sexual Abuse and given a wrist-slap of 180 days in jail. It is interesting that he only received 180 days given that, after being found out, he fled back home to New York with the assistance of other workers, possibly including Frandle. Frandle's attorney attempted to defend Frandle by claiming that Frandle is not a minister and thus is not a mandated reporter. This was pure deception. How many meetings has Frandle led? How many gospel meeting missions has he conducted? How many funerals has he conducted? How many times has he stood on the platform at convention and preached (the 2x2 version of) the Gospel to the friends gathered there? Whose name is at the top of the Michigan workers list? And he claims he isn't a minister? It's an outright lie. Are we to assume then that none of the workers are ministers? Do they not care for their flock? Do they not care about others, or the salvation of those to whom they preach (the 2x2 version of) the Gospel? Given that workers are not accountable to their followers, then perhaps it would be fair not to call them ministers. But then, what are they if not ministers? If they are not ministers, then.... have they been paying their taxes? 
If they are not ministers, then under what authority do they excommunicate anyone who questions their authority?
If the workers in Michigan are not ministers, then why are they completing the Ministry-Safe training? Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, does it? Where this church is concerned, not much does. According to Michigan state statute, Comp. Laws § 722.623, mandatory reports include "Members of the clergy." According to Webster's Dictionary... clergy: a group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a Christian church ordained: to invest officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority minister: one officiating or assisting the officiant in church worship 
Frandle is trying to tell the court that he is not
a minister (one who officiates in church worship)
because he was not ordained (invested with ministerial authority)
as clergy (performing pastoral functions in a Christian church).
To parse this out, Frandle is arguing that he does not officiate in a church, that he has no ministerial authority, and has no duties in a church. For this to hold true, Frandle can no longer be a worker, much less overseer of the 2x2 church in the state of Michigan, especially given that he has declared to the court that he has no authority over the Christians who attend his church. So, based on this... Jerome Frandle can no longer be considered a worker, or receive the benefits and privileges granted to workers. He has declared in court that he does not merit it. 
The bottom line... Jerome Frandle, an overseer in the 2x2 church, is willing to lie to the court in an attempt to protect himself, but he
does very little to protect the victims of Child Sexual Abuse perpetrated by workers under his responsibility.
Disgusting.
Below is a list of 2x2 workers involved in pedophilia or other inappropriate behavior. We can only hope there aren't others.
The 2x2 church has substantial financial resources at its disposal, so the important question here is, what exactly is the 2x2 church doing to help the victims? 
Brother worker Darren Briggs, originally of New York, was convicted in Michigan on Feb. 8, 2010,
of Criminal Sexual Conduct 4th Degree (Force Or Coercion) on an 11-year-old boy in 2006.
After being found out, he fled back home to New York, but then was eventually brought back to Michigan to face the charge.
The overseers back east really need to clarify why Briggs was sent to Michigan in the first place.
Briggs is now registered on the New York State Sex Offender Registery (see link below).
Michigan Live - news story New York State Sex Offender Registry 
Brother worker Tim Severud was convicted in Minnesota for Criminal Sexual Conduct involving a 10-year-old girl.
He was sent to prison for five years and is scheduled for release on July 25, 2012.
According to the offense description (CSC 2- Multiple Acts - Clergy - victim under 13), he was a member of the clergy.
Jerome Frandle should take note of this.
Minnesota Dept of Corrections - Offender Info 
Former worker George Scandalis, who had been removed from the work due to alleged child sex abuse claims, continued in his ways even after leaving the work and
was charged in Massachusetts with enticing a 14-year-old boy to have sex with him.
Worcester Telegram news story Hopkinton news story On Dec. 19, 2011, Scandalis pleaded guilty to indecent assault and battery of a person over the age of 14 and enticing a minor, and he was sentenced to two years of probation. The terms of Scandalis's probation are that he must wear a GPS at all times, cannot have unsupervised contact with children under the age of 16 and must participate in sex offender counseling. Scandalis must also register as a sex offender. Hopkinton Patch story 
Brother worker Peter Mousseau was found guilty in Michigan of Criminal Sexual Conduct involving a 11-year-old girl and was sentenced on Sep. 1, 2011.
Earliest possible release date is April 13, 2013.
Michigan Dept of Corrections - Offender info
Brother worker Ruben Mata was convicted in California of multiple counts.
When his overseer became aware of the allegations, the overseer did not go to the authorities.
Instead he moved Mata to a different field. Mata was convicted of
Lewd or lascivious act on a child by force, violence, duress menace and fear and
Aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 - Oral Copulation by force, violence, duress, menace and fear (2 counts).
In January 2007, at the age of 62, Mata was sentenced to 36 years in prison. He died behind bars in October of that same year.
Brother worker John Marais was removed from the work in South Africa after admitting to molesting a 9-year-old girl at a convention.
Other workers (Johan and Andy) knew about it and attempted to keep it quiet. But the truth finally came out.
Tasmanian senior worker Ernie Barry pled Guilty and was sentenced to a mere six months in jail for multiple offenses of Child Sexual Abuse while he was a worker.
Apparently the judge thought that Barry had expressed remorse, as if that matters.
It's unfortunate that the court only heard about one of his victims.
At least twelve other victims were apparently afraid to come forward.
After pleading Guilty, he had the gall to appeal the sentence, and actually got it suspended so that he won't have to go to jail.
If he were truly remorseful, he would have accepted the punishment he truly deserves.
If he were truly remorseful, he would have told the court about the other victims he abused over a 40 year period.
It's pathetic that a man who claimed to represent "the truth" was nowhere close to being truthful about his own actions.
This is the same man who railed on the Catholic Church because of CSA issues, saying that nothing like that would ever happen in the "the truth."
Ernie Barry is corrupt. Ernie Barry is a hypocrite.
Brother worker Noel Tanner was found guilty in Ireland of sexually abusing minor boys in 1984 and again in 1991.
Did you know that the "Two by Two" workers church was started in 1897 by a man named William Irvine? "You can tell whether a church
is a false church or not if it was started by a
man or woman. We are the only church on earth
that was started by Christ." Jack Carroll did. If you didn't know, be sure to ask the workers in your field. If they don't tell you about William Irvine, then they are not being completely truthful with you. The workers claim that their ministry was established by Christ, and that they follow
the examples given by Jesus closer than any other ministry. If true, it would be easy to prove that 2x2ism has continued in an unbroken line from the New Testament Days, as claimed by 2x2 adherents. If true, there would be evidence of the 2x2 ministry prior to 1897. If you believe that the way of the workers (aka 2x2ism) existed prior to 1897, simply locate one of the following, bearing a date earlier than 1897:
...or find just one person who:
Good luck... because none of these items ever existed. |
Books about Without a Name 
Kathleen Lewis Reflections: The Workers, the Gospel and the Nameless House Sect 
A compilation by Daurelle Chapman Reflected Truth: Former Workers and Followers Unmask Life in a Large, Little-Known Sect 
by Joan F. Daniel Reinventing the Truth: Historical Claims of One of the World's Largest Nameless Sects 
by Kevin Daniel |
2x2s believe that they are the ONE TRUE CHURCH because of how their ministers live and because they meet in homes rather than church buildings.
"The church in the home is a part of Jesus, just
as the ministry is a part of Jesus,
and you cannot have the blood of Jesus without accepting all of Jesus...The truth is
the two-and-two ministry and the church meeting in the home."
- William Peterson, 2x2 worker
"My hope of salvation is the blood of Christ. But
I would like to explain to you what it means. The blood of Christ is the ministry
and the church in the home. Without the New Testament ministry you don't have
the blood of Christ which includes the church in the home. The forgiveness of
sins is a fringe benefit. "
- Leo Stancliff, 2x2 worker
Based on this belief, 2x2s collectively
denounce all other Christian churches as "false." However, they don't just stop
there. Even if another church were to have a similarly organized ministry and
meet in homes, it would still be viewed by them as a "false church." They believe
that they, and only they, are the ONE TRUE CHURCH. If you do not attend their
church, in their mind you are an "outsider." If you once attended their church
but no longer attend, in their mind you have "lost out."
But that's not the oddest thing about this church. They do not have a unifying
doctrine, or core beliefs, to which they adhere. If you were to ask them what
they believe, you'll either get a rambling answer, or they will simply claim
that they "believe in the Bible," and leave it at that.
2x2s believe that they are the ONE TRUE CHURCH, but they are unable to explain why.
2x2s do not believe that their church started in 1897. If asked, they will generally lie about it, or as above,
ramble on with a somewhat confusing answer which even they cannot prove. They claim their ministers are "homeless and penniless,"
yet the truth is that they have credit cards and slush funds at their disposal.
2x2s generally believe that their church is the same all over the world, yet they do not all believe the same things.
For example, some 2x2s openly admit that their church started in 1897. Some openly deny that they are the ONE TRUE CHURCH.
When challenged about church history, some 2x2s claim that history is not important, yet
they lie about the history of their church.
The members of this church call themselves "the Truth," yet they lie about their church. Thus, 2x2ism is
THE LYING TRUTH.
The truth is not acceptable in "the Truth."
How's that for irony?
How's that for irony?