The
founder and longtime pastor at Word of Life Christian Church in New
Hartford, N.Y., shamed congregants from the pulpit, dredging up old sins
and recounting them at Sunday services, a former member said this week.
He
demanded they redo the floors and fix the plumbing in his living
quarters, day after day for hours, until were sleep-deprived. Members
who raised questions were put on church discipline and sometimes
forbidden to speak to others.