Activist missionary and worship leader Sean Feucht celebrated what he called a “day of vindication” Monday after a California judge dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit filed by Christian philanthropist and businessman Steve Bray, accusing him of misspending a $250,000 donation he made to his ministry more than three years ago. “Since God first put this mandate to worship on our hearts, we’ve seen intense opposition to the Let Us Worship movement.
Antifa has hurled rocks at us, satanists have doused us in pig’s blood, and multiple left-wing politicians have threatened us with arrest. And most recently, a well-funded few waged a lawfare war against us,” Feucht wrote in a statement on X Monday.
“The lawsuits were picked up by all sorts of news outlets, with a story framed around smearing us. … [O]n Thursday, a federal court in California DISMISSED all four claims against Sean Feucht Ministries and Let Us Worship — and even VACATED this week’s hearing,” he said.
“Today is a day of VINDICATION. ‘No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. — Isaiah 54:17.” In a nine-page order last Wednesday, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California David O. Carter dismissed Bray’s lawsuit without prejudice after repeatedly highlighting insufficient evidence and other deficiencies in the arguments presented by Bray to support his claim.
His legal team was given 20 days to file an amended complaint that addresses the deficiencies. “Defendants contend that Plaintiff fails the heightened standard under Rule 9(b). Mot. at 10. The Court agrees with Defendant. Plaintiff fails to identify the specific sources upon which their claims are based — it is unclear which internal financial records Plaintiff relies on, which individuals have direct knowledge, and the particulars of said knowledge,” Carter