The telling comment at the end is about how the ministry of the church and leaders covered up for this guy. The Church of God has had a long record of covering up for rapists, pedophiles, stalkers and abusers of the brethren. The COG's love to mock the pedophile abuse going on in the Catholic church and yet the COG is filled with serial abusers all protected by leaders and fellow ministers.
Shields is also apparently part of the "sacred names" groups in the COG. It is more important to call Jesus and God by a certain proper name than it is to maintain moral integrity.
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Phillip Shields' website asks for your tithes and donations, so that he can continue in the capacity of a minister. Why would anyone ask for tithes unless they thought they were a minister of God?
From his web page, Light on a Rock, "Contact Light on the Rock Outreach Foundation:
"5622 Belle Terre Drive
Leesburg, Florida 34748-7887 USA
352-805-4457 pws2010@gmail.com
We deeply appreciate your gifts, tithes and offerings."The Journal: News of the Churches of God, previously had run an ad asking for assistance in an investigation into possible crimes committed by Shields.
His website address is http://lightontherock.org/contact-us.html
From The Journal, this ad, which was extremely accurate in reporting the number of victims Mr. Shields actually did his thing with, still appears on the Internet
"Announcements
Help needed with investigation: An investigation is being conducted by some former members of the Worldwide Church of God concerning possible crimes committed by Mr. Phillip Shields when he was in the ministry of that church. Allegations against Mr. Shields include numerous instances of sexual assault against married women and teenage girls and molestation of girls as young as nine years old. To date twenty-four probable victims have been identified. Six of them have furnished written statements for the preliminary report, which also includes statements by five other former ministers of the WCG concerning Mr. Shields' alleged predatory activities. The report has been furnished to church and legal authorities where appropriate. Mr. Shields currently lives in Vancouver, WA, where he is the host for the Church of the Great God, which meets in Portland, OR. Between 1977 and 1994 he was assigned to churches in Edmonton; Cornwall, NY; Plattsburgh, NY; New Brunswick, Canada; and Nashville, TN. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone who has information that would be helpful in this matter can contact us at PS Investigation, PO Box 3334, Grapevine, TX 76099."
The sad part is, when the ministry of the Church of God had the chance to turn him in, they did not. The effort to silence this sick evil which went on so long in our midst was aimed at silencing the victims.