U of A unresponsive to complaints about church that recruits on campus, former members say

For decades, Wildcat families have been warning the University of Arizona that its students were being targeted by a campus church that seemed like a cult.

In a March 10 email, UA spokeswoman Pam Scott said the university has no jurisdiction over Faith Christian Church, only its on-campus clubs. She said the office has not received any recent complaints about the church’s three affiliated clubs. Dean of Students Washington White did not respond to the Star’s query about how many complaints her office has received about the church itself.

While the UA has no authority over outside groups like Faith Christian Church, it can restrict the activities of student groups on campus if they’re not following the school’s code of conduct. Scott said the dean’s office recently expressed concern to Faith Christian leaders about the church’s “level of engagement in pursuing students.” A pastor responded that “any behaviors of concern would be addressed and corrected,” Scott said in the March 10 email.

Four calls in JanuaryRobideau, 17, dropped all her classes at the UA in January and returned to New York, in part due to her experience with Faith Christian and the lack of response from the dean of students’ office, she told the Star. When Robideau called the dean’s office back she was redirected again, this time to the campus police department, she said.

Before long, she said, church members were pressuring her to start making money so she could donate 10% of her income — gross income, not net, they emphasized — to the church. Robideau said she started to distance herself after finding the Star’s 2015 news coverage of alumni complaints about the church.

Snapp, then a freshman, said he felt “unsafe” living at the UA’s newly-opened Honors Village — the priciest student housing available on campus — because Faith Christian ministers were using it as a recruiting hub. A council member responded immediately and contacted the dean’s office on his behalf, he said. From then on, the dean of students’ office was responsive, he told the Star.'Please ban them'Washington White did not respond to the Star’s questions about Snapp’s experience.

This is almost comical considering they let that mentally ill guy brother Dean preach hate on their campus for years, verbally assaulting female students daily before he was finally banned from campus after an assault claim. UofA has a history of failing to act on religious abuse

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