Lawsuit against ICOC alleges ‘systemic scheme of abuse’ The Christian Chronicle

Icoc Lawsuit 2025. Filing date 07/13/2023 (5 plaintiffs) ICOCICC Lawsuits The International Churches of Christ, a racially diverse, and theologically conservative nondenominational body of co-operating Christian congregations, along with their affiliated organizations, have been accused in a lawsuit filed by five women in California of covering up child sexual abuse and pressuring members so much for money that some left the church and. The lawsuit alleges that "McKean, along with other ICOC leaders, were obsessed with growing church membership and, therefore, imposed recruiting quotas on members."

District Court for the Central District of California Dec The ICOC and its affiliate churches have created a money-making enterprise through its psychological manipulation, tight control, and hierarchical "discipleship" structure

Filing date 07/13/2023 (5 plaintiffs) ICOCICC Lawsuits

Emails seeking comment from the ICOC were not returned by the time this article was published The plaintiffs filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or "RICO," lawsuit in the U.S In another lawsuit, plaintiffs and sisters Jane Roe 1 and Jane Roe 2 allege that the leader of their church, San Antonio ICOC, lied about reporting their alleged abuse to child protective services.

Filing date 07/13/2023 (5 plaintiffs) ICOCICC Lawsuits. Multiple federal lawsuits recently filed in California allege that leaders within the International Churches of Christ (ICOC) and the International Christian Church (ICC) covered up sexual abuse of children as young as three years old and financially exploited church members. Jimmy Hinton, a minister in mainstream Churches of Christ, is a nationally known advocate for victims of sexual abuse

Filing Date 10/09/23 (7 plaintiffs) ICOCICC Lawsuits. That same structure fostered an environment that facilitated pervasive sexual abuse of children and adults alike The plaintiffs filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or "RICO," lawsuit in the U.S