![]() ![]() PenFlorida also sought damages for the board members' "breaches of their fiduciary duties to the members of the Brave Church congregation in covering up the misconduct of their pastor, failing to protect the congregation and failing to adhere to the bylaws governing the church." from continuing to wrongfully operate in his ministerial capacity at Brave Church following an investigation and finding by PenFlorida that he is guilty of significant incidents of gross sexual misconduct and immoral actions," the lawsuit reads. "This is first and foremost an action to protect the integrity, sanctity and morality of the world's largest Pentecostal denominational fellowship and its parishioners by preventing Defendant David Stocker Jr. The defendants were also accused of trying to illegally break away from the denomination to keep Stocker in the pulpit. to continue leading, although an investigation found him biblically unfit as a leader. The Peninsular Florida District Council alleged that Brave Church Miami board members Yarilend Taboada, Josephine LeJuez and Nivia Pena, failed to protect congregants when they allowed Pastor David Stocker Jr. ![]() A settlement was reached earlier this month. The lawsuit was filed in late May but was recently made public by The Miami New Times. The Peninsular Florida District Council of The Assemblies of God, a branch of the world's largest Pentecostal denomination, recently sued several Brave Church of Miami board members for allowing their now-former pastor to continue leading even though an investigation found "significant incidents of gross sexual misconduct and immoral actions." was at least five years ago.David Stocker, Jr. But the last bear-related mobilization like this in D.C. Wildlife authorities had actually been tracking this particular bear for several weeks, spotting him most recently around nearby Hyattsville, Maryland. ![]() The young male will now receive a medical check and be released back into the wild, “somewhere in Maryland,” said Chris Schindler, vice president of field services for the Humane Rescue Alliance. Humane Rescue Alliance staffers were able to tranquilize the approximately 200- pound animal and load it into a huge metal crate. Undeterred by the noise, the bear came down around 10 a.m. When the young male bear climbed a tree, police used their sirens to discourage him from climbing down until capture crews were ready. It prompted formation of a sort of ursine emergency task force including the Metropolitan Police Department, the local Humane Rescue Alliance, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the National Zoo.Īuthorities formed a perimeter near the 1300 block of Franklin Street NE to keep curious onlookers away. The bear was discovered roaming the Brookland neighborhood, less than 5 miles from the Capitol and White House. ![]() It also spurred a healthy online debate as to whether to name it Franklin, for the street where he was captured, or Smokey - for both the iconic cartoon bear and as a testament to this particularly smoky week in Washington weather. Pictures of the bear and its capture touched off a frenzy on social media. WASHINGTON (AP) - A young black bear gave residents of a quiet northeast Washington neighborhood a start Friday morning when they woke to find a furry interloper wandering backyards and sniffing around garbage cans. ![]()
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