Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa agrees to pay single mom $12M to settle rape claim against ex-pastor

Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, a megachurch in Santa Ana, California, has agreed to pay $12 million to a former staff member and single mother of four to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged she was “brutally battered and violently raped” multiple times by former Calvary Church pastor, missionary, and lead wrestling coach, Jacob Harman.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”