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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Wed Nov 28, 2012, 09:54 AM Nov 2012

man says prayer group leader told him to kill wife

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PRAYER_GROUP_KILLING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-11-28-08-26-26

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012, file photo, Micah Moore, 23, right, is escorted into the Jackson County Courthouse Annex in Independence, Mo., for his murder charge in the death of 27-year-old Bethany Ann Deaton. Moore is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on a first-degree murder charge Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Keith Myers, File)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Less than three months after he stood as a groomsman in the wedding of two friends he had known since college in Texas, Micah Moore walked into a suburban Kansas City police department and unloaded a dark secret: He had taken the woman's life at the request of her new husband, a charismatic prayer group leader.

Police said Bethany Deaton's death initially appeared to be a suicide. Officers found a note and empty bottle of over-the-counter pain medication along with her body in a minivan parked by a lake on Oct. 30.

It wasn't until Moore confessed nearly two weeks later that police announced she had been killed. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on a first-degree murder charge Wednesday.

In the criminal complaint filed in support of the charge, police detailed a stunning series of allegations that Moore made as part of his confession.

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man says prayer group leader told him to kill wife (Original Post) xchrom Nov 2012 OP

Graduate of IHOP University Enrique Nov 2012 #1

He couldn't get in Waffle House? jsr Nov 2012 #4

I'm glad he came forward Marrah_G Nov 2012 #2

Oh, that poor woman. What a sick and sad little group. Brickbat Nov 2012 #3

My sons told me about this MuseRider Nov 2012 #5

This just in: Jesus has quit! Initech Nov 2012 #6

Cult leader was a so-called "ex-gay" FreeState Nov 2012 #7

Enrique

(27,461 posts)

1. Graduate of IHOP University

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 10:08 AM

Nov 2012

Tyler and Bethany Deaton moved to Kansas City in 2009 from Texas to attend a six-month internship at the non-accredited International House of Prayer University.

which was sued by the real IHOP lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_House_of_Prayer

On September 14, 2010 IHOP (International House of Pancakes) announced that they were suing the International House of Prayer for trademark dilution and infringement.[20] The lawsuit was dropped on December 21, 2010, with the dispute resolved out of court.[21]

jsr

(7,712 posts)

4. He couldn't get in Waffle House?

Reply to Enrique (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 10:16 AM

Nov 2012

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)

2. I'm glad he came forward

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 10:11 AM

Nov 2012

Perhaps he stopped future murders brought about by the "prayer leader".

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

3. Oh, that poor woman. What a sick and sad little group.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 10:14 AM

Nov 2012

According to the criminal complaint, Moore told police that men in the house began drugging Bethany Deaton and sexually assaulting her soon after she moved in. He said she was seeing a therapist and group members became concerned she would tell the therapist about the assaults.

Moore and other men who lived in the house told police that several group members also were having sexual relations with Tyler Deaton, unbeknownst to his wife. One man, whose name was blacked out of the criminal complaint, told police that Tyler Deaton said after Bethany Deaton died that he had had a dream he killed his wife by suffocating her.

MuseRider

(34,112 posts)

5. My sons told me about this

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:10 PM

Nov 2012

just the other day. One of them roomed with a guy who quit everything and joined IHOP. We know several people who did this. I am very glad my son has a strong conviction about who he is and what he wants to accomplish in his life. It must have been really hard for him the last few months living with this guy as he tried to convert him.

What a sad and horrible story.

Initech

(100,087 posts)

6. This just in: Jesus has quit!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:33 PM

Nov 2012

FreeState

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7. Cult leader was a so-called "ex-gay"

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:49 PM

Nov 2012

http://www.truthwinsout.org/opinion/2012/11/31968/

His group allegedly began drugging and sexually assaulting Deaton’s wife, Bethany, 27, for what they deemed spiritual reasons. Deaton, who identified as an “ex-gay” healed through Jesus Christ, also began having sex with male members of his cult.

Afraid that Bethany was going to reveal the group’s crimes to her therapist, Deaton allegedly ordered one of his followers, Micha Moore, to murder her, and make it appear to be a suicide. The plan seemed to be working until Moore cracked and confessed to authorities.

It would be unfair to portray this episode as representative of what occurs at the IHOP. However, it cannot be denied that this church has become a magnet for extremists with a militant End Times view of the world. From my experience, it is an ideal incubator for young narcissists with Messiah-complexes, like Deaton, who fancy themselves prophets.

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