Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations.

Listener discretion is advised. Former Calvary Baptist Church pastor Cameron Giavenelli

pleaded guilty last month to fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.

According to the statement of facts, read aloud in court, the former preacher of the

Dundalk Church had sexually abused a 17-year-old

student at the church school. It went on for months, both at the school and at the victim's

grandparents' house. Hello, folks. Obviously, I'm Cameron, Jim and I'm Kevin Elliott,

my wife, Sarah, and I just wanted to come to you by way of this video number one to say that the allegations

made against me are not true they're false I resigned from Golden State Baptist College and we

didn't leave with anger we didn't leave out of frustration we left with with hurt because we love

those students and we love

pastor tree we love North Valley Baptist Church yet those situations sometimes detour us

and they take us down a different path our focus is still on Christ with these

false allegations God has now brought us to Jacksonville, Florida. I mean, who would have ever

thought? Jacksonville, Florida, where we have the opportunity to serve alongside of Pastor Greg Neal

and his family and his church. And we're excited. We're getting ready to going to missions conference.

We're excited to see what God's doing here. We sit in church. We absolutely love church.

I mean, we're still amening. We're still smiling. Our marriage is good. And we're just excited to see

what God is doing. Our kids are doing fine. And can I tell you the cause of Christ, it's wonderful.

On behalf of my wife and I and our children, to the students of Golden

State who will watch this, stay in the fight, serve God all the days of your life, keep your

eyes focused on him. We fight against the devil. We're not fighting against people. We're serving

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