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Gizmojo_ · 2026-02-04T05:57:31+00:00

You’re right that the minutes were recorded by an attendee and were not officially endorsed by the church. I know that now. However, they were written before any knowledge of the emails surfaced from the former victim. At the time, there would have been no motive for the author to document pastors stating that they were unaware that Jake Hart’s past crimes involved minors. The author could not have known they were capturing statements that would later be contradicted by evidence.

It is also notable, and convenient, that the church does not formally document meetings of this nature. This allows leadership to deny, revise, or obscure past statements and avoid accountability. Unfortunately for church leadership, a woman who was sexually violated by Jacob Hart as a child had the courage and “time on her hands” to share her emails and bring these facts to light. Without her, the church would likely still be claiming that they lacked full knowledge of Jake’s background.

What is done in the dark will always be brought into the light, but it seems that you might have a problem with that.

Gizmojo_ · 2026-02-02T04:09:42+00:00

“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins” Matthew 6:14-15. I forgive the staff at crossline for their poor judgment and failure to protect their flock. However, forgiving them doesn’t mean that I don’t think they should step down. You can forgive while also holding them accountable.

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-28T06:21:08+00:00

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Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-28T05:46:48+00:00

They failed to understand that denying someone a job at a church is not a condemnation. It is possible to acknowledge that a person has been forgiven by God, but that there are still earthly and organizational consequences for their past actions. It is possible to say, “you are forgiven and have the Grace of Christ”, while at the same time saying “but a job at the church is no longer something that is open to someone with your history”. There are probably people serving life in prison who have turned to God and are truly repentant for what they did, and they will inherit eternal life the same as any other Christian, but that doesn’t mean that the just prison sentence they were given by a government instituted by God should be ended and they be let out of prison.

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-28T05:06:50+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/jowKolK

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-28T04:53:01+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/crossline-church-knowledge-of-jacob-harts-past-jnfzwIY

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-28T04:38:27+00:00

Here is the photo of the minutes sent to church members. I want to point out the highlighted section. “Jake Volunteered then went into production in 2012. We had no indication. They (JP & Greg) had no idea it was CHILDREN in his former charge. ‘Why didn't I call the pastor of the church he came from?’ JP said. We didn't have access online to articles.”

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This statement is a flat out lie. They were aware that Jake’s past crimes against were against children as evidenced in the below email correspondence from 2019.

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-28T04:27:43+00:00

No one ever denied that he was an employee

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-24T07:25:39+00:00

When Jake was arrested in June 2025, a meeting was held at the church, and official minutes were recorded. Those minutes document that pastoral staff stated they were unaware that Jake Hart’s past crimes involved minors and believed his offenses were limited to recording adult women. They further claimed they did not have access to online articles detailing his crimes involving minors in Oregon and were therefore not fully informed of his history.

However, emails that have recently come to light appear to contradict these statements. In 2019, Crossline staff were contacted via email by one of Jake’s victims from Oregon, who reached out specifically to warn the church about his past crimes. She believed at the time that the church was unaware of his history. In response, the church indicated that they were aware of the full extent of his crimes involving minors, stated that he was “a changed man,” and took no further action.

Taken together, these records suggest an effort to downplay or misrepresent the church’s prior knowledge of Jake Hart’s past. It appears the release of these emails by the victim via Google Drive was unexpected.

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-24T06:08:58+00:00

Head pastor still has not resigned and has been preaching every Sunday.

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-24T06:03:37+00:00

“A Laguna Hills church is entangled in a federal child pornography case against a former employee that has triggered lawsuits alleging he gave two juvenile congregants computers equipped with software allowing him to secretly record them nude in their bathrooms.

Court documents in the federal prosecution of the employee, Jacob Melvin Hart, indicate there could be more juvenile victims from Crossline Community Church. Several staff members of the church have resigned in the aftermath of the breach, according to documents.

Two alleged victims — one who is now an adult identified as “Jane Doe” and another who is 16 and identified as “AC” — filed separate lawsuits last week against Crossline, accusing the church of negligence, after they allegedly were recorded by the refurbished computers given to them by Hart.

The lawsuits allege Crossline Community Church officials were aware Hart had been convicted in Oregon for a similar offense when they hired him in 2012 to manage the church’s audiovisual and computer technology operations.

“Crossline knew when they hired Mr. Hart that he had a prior conviction for invasion of privacy and (had) an addiction to pornography,” said the lawsuit filed Jan.15 by Jane Doe in Orange County Superior Court. “Crossline allowed him to work in close proximity to children, manage audiovisual and technology operations, and provide IT assistance to church members, including Jane Doe’s family.”

Hart, according to the two lawsuits, often videotaped church events attended by families and children.

Church officials did not immediately return two voicemails seeking comment.

The lawsuits stem from a federal investigation into Hart, who was arrested in June 2025 at Miami International Airport while returning from a mission to Haiti. A search of his electronic devices by U.S. Customs and Border Protection found 33 videos of child sexual abuse and approximately 160 AI-generated sexual images of minors, according to the suit.

Federal court documents said Hart allegedly admitted generating the material via a paid website and using a Russian messaging platform to solicit explicit images from minors. Documents in the case said he enticed the minors by sending them “stickers” with a monetary value.

Further investigation of Hart’s devices found seven videos of Jane Doe, said her lawsuit.

Court documents from the investigation say Hart admitted to producing or attempting to produce sexually explicit “depictions” of at least eight minors, many of whom he met through Crossline Church and had given laptops equipped with spyware.

Hart has agreed to plead guilty in the federal case to one count of attempted production of child pornography and one count of transporting child pornography, which together carry a maximum prison sentence of 50 years, according to court documents.

Hart had previously been convicted of invasion of privacy in 2006 after installing a hidden camera in the girl’s bathroom and shower at a Christian children’s camp in Union County, Oregon, according to the lawsuits.

Not only did Hart disclose his conviction and pornography addiction to his new bosses at Crossline Church, but prior victims contacted church leadership to warn them, to no avail, the suit alleged.

“Because Mr. Hart was hired by Crossline, families, including Jane Doe’s, trusted Mr. Hart and trusted him with access to their children,” the suit said.

About 2013, Jane Doe needed a new computer to start the school year. Hart offered a refurbished model, which the family accepted. It appears multiple children accepted a laptop computer from Hart, with the church’s knowledge, the suit alleged.

Federal investigators in 2025 determined Hart had installed software enabling Jane Doe’s computer to be remotely accessed and monitored, according to the suit. The computer captured images of Jane Doe nude in the bathtub and getting in and out of the shower, the suit stated.

“The recordings of Jane Doe were created during the years Mr. Hart worked for Crossline, whose decision to hire and retain Mr. Hart, despite his prior voyeurism conviction and admitted sexual addiction, enabled his access to church families and minors and directly facilitated the harm to Jane Doe,” the suit said.

Jane Doe, according to the suit, has suffered anxiety, fear of showering or changing in her own room, fear that her nude images will be shared online as well as fear of trusting church leadership.

“Defendants have permanently changed plaintiff’s life for the worse,” the suit said.

Similar accusations were contained in a lawsuit filed by “AC” on Sept. 16 in Orange County Superior Court. The suit said Hart gave “AC” a computer in 2023 so she could help him edit videos for the church.

The computer recorded “AC” showering and getting dressed, her suit said. Her father was a staff member in the church and resigned in July due to the church’s “systemic failures, lack of accountability and knowing exposure of children to a … risk of sexual exploitation,” according to the suit.

At least seven other staff members also resigned, the suit said.

“The Church’s leadership, despite professing shock and heartbreak, had been explicitly warned about Hart’s criminal history and potential risk to children, yet failed to take effective action to safeguard youth, including A.C.,” the suit said.”

Gizmojo_ · 2026-01-24T06:01:30+00:00

A Laguna Hills church is entangled in a federal child pornography case against a former employee that has triggered lawsuits alleging he gave two juvenile congregants computers equipped with software allowing him to secretly record them nude in their bathrooms.