Modesto UPC being sued?

[Praxeas]

Rev. Dr. Cheryl Elliott v. Randy Keyes; The United Pentecostal Church of Modesto; Does, No. RG09-438883 (Oakland Super. Ct. filed 3/2/2009)


Negligence action. Defendant Keyes knocked the plaintiff over backward when he hit her forehead without warning in the practice of "laying hands," and he neither helped her up nor acknowledged the incident afterward.


http://www.loweringthebar.net/2009/0...onofhands.html

[CC1]

Interesting. I noticed they referred to the plaintiff as a "Dr. Reverend" but poor ole defendent Randy Keyes was not given recognition as a "reverend".

Was this one preacher laying hands on another in a service?

I didn't realize that Randy Keyes pastored in Modesto? Or was he just a guest speaker there when this happened.

[TJJJ]

Originally Posted by CC1

Interesting. I noticed they referred to the plaintiff as a "Dr. Reverend" but poor ole defendent Randy Keyes was not given recognition as a "reverend".

Was this one preacher laying hands on another in a service"

I didn't realize that Randy Keyes pastored in Modesto? Or was he just a guest speaker there when this happened.

Good point about the Rev. DR. bit.

Randy Keyes has pastored in Modesto for a long time.

This is what happens when a church hits a certain size, it becomes a target for frivolous lawsuits. Their insurance is about to skyrocket.

[EA]

Back when I was a really young feller, one of the Bustard boys came through the church my girlfriend (now my wife) attended.

At the time I was a filthy heathen.

Anyhoo, I was standing at the left end of a pew, right next to the center aisle, when Rev. Bustard decided to run down the aisle and slap everyone in the forehead as hard as he could.

Now, mind you, I didn't have my eyes closed, I wasn't praying, and I was only there because of my smokin' hot girlfriend.

So the Bustard guy comes through and slaps the fire out of my forehead.

He shook me around some, and then got frustrated cause all I was doing was glaring at him. I didn't understand why he had to smack me like that.

I wanted to deck the guy!

Anyways, I started losing my hair soon afterwards.

Yep.

That faith healer slapped the hair right off'n my head!

[CC1]

Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

Back when I was a really young feller, one of the Bustard boys came through the church my girlfriend (now my wife) attended.

At the time I was a filthy heathen.

Anyhoo, I was standing at the left end of a pew, right next to the center aisle, when Rev. Bustard decided to run down the aisle and slap everyone in the forehead as hard as he could.

Now, mind you, I didn't have my eyes closed, I wasn't praying, and I was only there because of my smokin' hot girlfriend.

So the Bustard guy comes through and slaps the fire out of my forehead.

He shook me around some, and then got frustrated cause all I was doing was glaring at him. I didn't understand why he had to smack me like that.

I wanted to deck the guy!

Anyways, I started losing my hair soon afterwards.

Yep.

That faith healer slapped the hair right off'n my head!

Sounds like you need to check into the statute of limitations! He should at least pay for plugs or a nice setup from Hair Club for Men. Not to mention the psychological trauma of being called "Kojak", etc, etc. at such a young age.

[TJJJ]

Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

Back when I was a really young feller, one of the Bustard boys came through the church my girlfriend (now my wife) attended.

At the time I was a filthy heathen.

Anyhoo, I was standing at the left end of a pew, right next to the center aisle, when Rev. Bustard decided to run down the aisle and slap everyone in the forehead as hard as he could.

Now, mind you, I didn't have my eyes closed, I wasn't praying, and I was only there because of my smokin' hot girlfriend.

So the Bustard guy comes through and slaps the fire out of my forehead.

He shook me around some, and then got frustrated cause all I was doing was glaring at him. I didn't understand why he had to smack me like that.

I wanted to deck the guy!

Anyways, I started losing my hair soon afterwards.

Yep.

That faith healer slapped the hair right off'n my head!

[Sister Alvear]

the judgments of God...ha...

[pelathais]

"Lowering the bar..." The site is aptly named. I'd be ashamed to make a claim on something like this... but I guess that's why "Rev. Dr. Cheryl Elliott" is a "Reverend Doctor." whatanidiot.

[deadeye]

The impression given here is that Randy is a wildeyed fanatic going around trying to knock folks down......anybody who knows him, knows better.

[coadie]

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