Isaac Brandt Samuelson, a worship pastor at Foothill Winery Church in San Dimas, California, is dealing with critical accusations from Morgan Ariel, a distinguished Christian cultural commentator.
Ariel claims Samuelson, beneath the pseudonym @PvnishedIke (now deleted), directed disturbing threats towards her 14-year-old daughter. The accusations have sparked a public investigation, with Ariel detailing a sequence of on-line threats that allegedly got here from Samuelson, who’s accused of utilizing a number of nameless accounts to focus on Ariel and her household.
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Meet Isaac Brandt.
Isaac is a pastor at a church and leads their worship crew.
Isaac is a married man with kids.
Isaac is a proud AF groyper who hides behind his anon account @PvnishedIke which has now been deleted. He’s now energetic beneath an alt… pic.twitter.com/jn5yjLuxj0
— Morgan Ariel (@itsmorganariel) December 22, 2024
Ariel shared an in depth thread on X (previously Twitter) during which she outlined her claims. In line with Ariel, Samuelson, a self-identified member of the “groypers” group, allegedly threatened sexual violence towards Ariel’s underage daughter. The threats adopted months of focused on-line harassment geared toward Ariel herself. She described how group members, after failing to impress her, shifted their assaults to her little one.
Groypers have been personally attacking me for a number of months within the Chaos 2.0 group chat and admitted in a personal X house that as a consequence of their incapability to get a unfavorable response out of me they determined to direct their threats in the direction of my underage daughter.
He proceeds to disclaim my… pic.twitter.com/9mYqS2GQHS
— Morgan Ariel (@itsmorganariel) December 22, 2024
The thread additionally included a recorded dialog from an X house during which Samuelson allegedly refused to take duty for his actions. Throughout this dialogue, he allegedly blamed Ariel for being “engaging and single,” somewhat than addressing the disturbing nature of the threats. Ariel additionally posted a screenshot of Samuelson’s burner account, the place he allegedly mocked her and others, displaying no regret for his actions.
In line with Foothill Winery Church’s web site, Isaac Brandt Samuelson, initially from Iowa, has lived in Costa Rica and China. He graduated from Vanguard College in 2019, the place he studied movie and music. Throughout school, he felt referred to as to worship ministry, which led him to Foothill Winery Church.
Ariel’s claims have raised vital considerations concerning the on-line conduct of sure teams and people, notably in spiritual areas. Within the wake of those accusations, the Foothill Winery Church, the place Samuelson has served as a worship pastor, has but to publicly touch upon the matter. The church’s web site describes it as a welcoming and multi-generational neighborhood, providing youth applications led by educated adults.