Subject: Request for Comment on Ignite Life Center
From: "J.A.W" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:34:17 -0400

Good morning Nelson Moya, I’m a journalist with Gainesville Public
Information Services covering the Ignite Life Center church sexual abuse
cases. I’m contacting you to hopefully get some concerns addressed from one
of the former members of the church (not victim) who will soon be coming
forward publicly about his time there.

This man I spoke to who was able to verify his time at Ignite with photo
evidence made some allegations of bribery against GPD. He said, “[Mark
Vega] just covered himself up. Ignite paid the police and they don’t talk
about Chirstian [Vargas]. Why is it they blew up the Gabriel [Hemenez]
situation but didn’t talk much about Christian [Vargas]. Christian was
forcing little girls to have sex in the prayer room upstairs. That’s
ridiculous.”

I haven’t seen any evidence to warrant the bribery allegations but I can
see why he alleged this because: (1) GPD hasn’t made any statements
regarding the pastor’s sons cases, Vargas and Cruz, but did about the
volenteer Hemenez cases; (2) A GPD Supplemental Report shows Mark Vega
didn’t report alleged sexual abuse and concelaed evidence but he hasn’t
been arrested or charged with evidence concealing; (3) GPD made
announcments at a previous quarterly update regarding sex abuse at St
Patrick Interparish but not Ignite Life Center; (4) A picture from 2022
shows former chief Lonnie Scott standing next to Mark Vega; (5) Photo
evidence shows GPD Swat Commander Tony Ferro was involved with Ignite; (6)
The Basketball Cop Foundation which was formed by a GPD officer built the
basketball court at Ignite; and (7) no offical investigation has been
annouced by GPD.

If you would like to draft a public statement or want to speak publicly
about the aforementioned allegations and address the facts listed above
please let me know.

Thank you,

Jack Walden

Journalist

[email-masked]

Gainesville Public Information Services (gnvinfo.com)