One victim claims she was so gaslit by Bickle he made her read Psalm 51 after sexual encounters. The page report, Investigation of Mike Bickle and the International House of Prayer Kansas City , is the result of a comprehensive investigation conducted by independent sexual abuse investigation firm Firefly , and commissioned by Tikkun International, a Messianic Jewish umbrella organization, on Sept.
It paints Bickle as a seductive predator who used his influence, gifts, money and position as spiritual leader to bend particularly young and vulnerable women to his will. The survivors have shown immense courage in coming forward to share their experiences despite the fear and trauma associated with these events. She told investigators that Bickle made her read Scripture after their sexual encounters. Bickle told IW 12 that he was sweaty from all the running around and decided to shower in the same room as IS Deborah Perkins was in.
The report appears to go deeper than a separate independent report released to the public on Jan. That report came after Bickle confessed in December to engaging in "inappropriate behavior" but not "the more intense sexual activities that some are suggesting" after a group of former IHOPKC leaders, known as the advocate group, leveled abuse allegations against him spanning several decades.
Bickle confessed after a woman, identified as Jane Doe by The Roys Report , alleged that for approximately three years, from to , before he founded IHOPKC, he paid for her apartment, gave her a key to his office and engaged in every sexual act with her except copulation.
She said the IHOPKC founder wooed her with Scripture when she was just 19, and he was 42, then made her a kept woman for several years as he established his now popular ministry. At the time, IHOPKC leaders said they had only identified five of some eight women who the advocate group said were Bickle's victims but found the evidence thin. Three of the alleged victims called the allegations "lies. He used his authoritative position to create an environment where questioning his actions was seen as questioning divine will.
