In an interview with the Gotham Gazette, Selwyn Raab was answering questions about the Mafia families and talking about his book "Mafia: Rise, Fall, and Resurgence. During the interview he commented about the Mafia beginnings in Sicily.

"They developed into a tyrannical organization, and they grew very powerful both politically and financially. "

So the Mafia developed into a tyrannical organization...
So the Church of God Restoration "Mafia" developed into a tyrannical organization...
So the Mafia grew very powerful both politically and financially ...
So the Church of God Restoration "Mafia" grew very powerful both politically and financially.

The Church of God Restoration claims they are growing. We should be concerned.

Wherever they go they rule with an iron fist. They immediately set up a hierarchy. Top down control. They do not allow congregational control. You will have no say in how things are run. If you have a good idea, forget it. They do not tolerate any deviation from their rules. Notice I did not say the Holy Bible. They require utter obedience to their teachings, doctrines, and RULES. Even when many of these rules are in direct contradiction to the teachings of the Holy Scriptures.

I know they claim to not believe in rules... But they have them and lots of them. Man Rule is the Rule in this "Mafia" style organization.

We will at some point be compiling a list of some of them. I think we will call it "The Big List". Send me a list of the rules as you remember them.

They will "shake you down" if you do not comply. They will be knocking on your door. Comply you will. They will drag you into back room secret meetings where you will comply or else. The or else will be the breaking up of your family, divorce for husbands and wives. Your spouse and children will be told to move miles away from you even to other states. They will separate you. They will have absolute control of every individual in your family.

In every congregation, or "CoGR Mob Meeting Place", they require that everyone be in every meeting. You cannot miss one. You had better have one big excuse if you do. After all they are putting out rules so fast and furious that if you miss one meeting you will be behind "spiritually". It is not a simple life among these people.

It was asked of them once, to put out a rule book, so we could know what the rules were. It seemed they changed so often that we would get in trouble for not being in compliance. But they will never publish a rule book for you. That is one of the tactics of a mind control cult. They want to be able to change the rules fast. This will always keep you off guard.

They require absolute obedience to the local pastor (local CoGR Mob Boss). If you choose to take on one of these bosses you had better be prepared to be put out of the "Church" or Excommunicated. Danny Layne who is at this time the top CoGR Mob Boss has said it loud and clear. "Either get in or get out." In other words, "you will do what we say" and you will do it now.

A top Mob Boss might be called a Godfather. The big boss. Does this remind you of anyone. Dark Black suits. Sneering down their long noises at all you underlings. All kinds of ministers fighting for top position under the Godfather. Next in line. I know one minister who wanted to take on the Godfather and be the Godfather himself. He was taken out. He is no longer in the group.

Do not think for one minute that this Church of God Restoration is anything but a "Mafia Style Organization". They rule through fear. They rule through threats. They rule through intimidation. They control your every movement. They tell you where to live. They tell you what congregation you can move too. They tell you what time to get up in the morning. They tell you how to dress in Public and in your bedroom. They tell you what you to say. They are the Mob Bosses. They are in control.

Let's take this a little further. The Church of God Restoration "Mafia" are truly in organizational operation like the Mob. This is undeniable. But lets move on over to the spiritual side. They are "Spiritual Organized Crime".

"Spiritual Organized Crime"

You are allowed to operate in their territory so long as you are under their control. In other words if you want to be a Sunday School Teacher... you may be able to. As long as you are on the insiders club. Which is where you totally praise and admire the Godfather. Or if one of the local "Spiritual Crime Bosses" is not liking the Godfather you may get the job you want by totally agreeing with the local boss and really praising and admiring him or her. Some members are part of an inside clique; some are special and other are workers. There are bosses and there are servants. If you want to be a minister, you can, so long as you are 100% under the direction of the "Mob Ministry". You cannot be called by God to do a work. This is not allowed. If it is not on their agenda you are not allowed. Unless they think of it first, don't try it. So God can't give you a job. You can only do the work of the "CoGR Mob". So don't get any ideas of fulfilling any kind of work for God. You ruled by the "CoGR Mob".

You are part of a "Spiritual Crime Family... but it is not the universal family of God. It is the "Church of God Restoration Crime Family". They are recruiting as many new members as they can. The family has one head, and it is not Christ. It is the Godfather.

One way the real "Mafia" in the US was able to keep going is they all got together. They organized. They set the system up so that if one mob boss goes to jail or dies another one is ready to step right in. So in this way they could continue their crime operations without interuption.

The CoGR "Mafia" is just the same. If the Godfather (Danny Layne) dies, then there will be someone who will step up to take his place.

What is bad about this "Spiritual Crime Family" is that they are not totally Spiritual. They do physical and psychological harm to their member. Imagine being under their intimidating control for years.

They are one of the biggest teachers against divorce. But this "Spiritual Crime Family" will advise it's members to divorce and separate from any spouse who will not fall into compliance.

"I have seen more families broken up by this group and almost all of them end in divorce, than any other Church I know of..."

Families who once had love and came to the group together leave separated. This is only the beginning of the crimes this group has accomplished. Cover-ups. Asking people to take the fall (blame), in order to protect the "Crime Bosses".

As long as you keep taking the fall for the crime bosses they will continue to ply their destructive ministry.

I did not completely come up with this thought on my own. I saw an interview with some women who had escaped from a Fundamentalist Mormon Cult in Utah, and they called the ministry of their group... "The Mormon Mafia".

It hit me. We were all under the:

"Church of God Restoration "MAFIA".

They operate with the very same tyrannical organizational system. They police their people. They do not visit your home to help or counsel you. They visit to see how things are going. Are you in total compliance with the Bosses.

You try and go up against this Groups ministry and see what you get. They will not spare anything to protect their territories. They will pull out the big guns. You will not save your reputation among them.

It is so bad that all the Godfather has to do is make a questioning remark about you. You are suspect. Then the whole group will totally not ever listen to you again. They will furthermore cut you off till you are out of the group. They will support the complete disassociation of you from their mist. They will totally support the excommunication of even their own physical family.

If you cannot see the likeness of this group to the "Mafia" and feel it's far reaching fear tactics... you may be on the insiders club still. All the rest of us have felt their sting. They are cruel.

They profess to provide a Heaven on Earth experience... then why this path of destruction left in their path? It is because they are not the true people of God. They are The Church of God Restoration "Mafia" Crime Family".

Some who have left this group are still in total fear of them and what they might do to them. If someone was truly a Holy, Pure, Sanctified, Saint of God,... would you fear them?

Why are people so scared of them?

As long as you are scared of The Church of God Restoration "Mafia" Crime Family... they will continue to do their destructive work. But they must be stopped. One way to stop them is by knowledge. Knowledge is power. When you fear something it is usually because you do not understand what you are dealing with. You do not know how to fight it, or protect yourself from it.

This "Mafia Organization" will offer you protection. So long as you do what they say. The "Crime Bosses" will fight for you and gather all the CoGR Mob family to support you. As long as you are in compliance. If you do not comply they will not protect you and will have all the CoGR Crime Family after you... till they destroy you. You see, they have so much covered up that if you try to leave, they must "take you out". They must destroy your reputation. They must make it look like you are the bad one, to the family members. They will make you such an example that all remaining will fear even more to do anything contrary to the "Godfather" or the Mob Bosses.

One way to deal with such an organization is to tell what they do. Make it public for all to see. Expose them for who they are. Let all know what their tactics are... and teach people to laugh at them. To not be intimidated by them.

Looking at this it is some times funny. Other times it is outright sad. Most of the time it is horrifying when you see what these people do to families.

This Church of God Restoration "Mafia" does not teach people to fear God. They teach you to fear them. That makes them a "Mafia" or a "Cult".

- Jeff Redington