CALIFORNIA
KUSI
[with video]
By Sasha Foo
The allegations in the lawsuit against the head of a drug and alcohol rehab program, with connections to the Point Loma-based Rock Church, are serious. Six women – a former employee and five program participants – say they were groped or sexually assaulted by a man who called himself the director of the Rock Recovery Ministry. Jaycee Peacock says he watched her when she showered.
“David made disgusting sexual comments and found a way to touch me inappropriately every single day.”
Taylor Peyton says he groped her and made her simulate giving him oral sex.
“As soon as I arrived, I was subjected to constant sexual conduct from David that escalated to the point where he finally began sexually assaulting me.”
The target of their complaint is David Powers. A Youtube video was posted in October 2009 by the Rock Church praising the work of Powers and his wife Tina in helping young women kick their addictions to drugs or alcohol. But now, the man who was supposed to help them is accused of sexually abusing them.
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