KANSAS CITY (MO)
KMBC - ABC 9 [Kansas City MO]
April 16, 2026
By KMBC
“I spent over 50 years in Missouri. I was abused in Missouri.”
Tammy Woods was 14 years old when she claims Mike Bickle, the founder of the International House of Prayer KC, began sexually abusing her.
Bickle has never been arrested nor charged for the suspected abuse. Woods did not reveal what happened to her until the age of 57.
In Missouri, the statute of limitations on reporting abuse and having a chance at filing a civil suit against an abuser runs out for a person at 31 years of age.
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