Creflo Dollar Arrested for Simple Battery! Truth or Lie?

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UPDATE: 19 June 2012

The 911 audio tape has been released.  Lasting roughly 5 minutes, the daughter accuses her father, Pastor Creflo Dollar, of choking her.  She responded, “This isn’t the first time” and that she felt threatened.  Take a listen below!

The following Sunday after Dollar’s arrest, he addresses his congregation and says that the allegations are a lie.  Quoting the bible, Dollar wished ill on people who spoke against him, even his daughters.

“Malicious witnesses testify against me,” he said, reading from Psalms 35 in the Old Testament. “They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about … May those who rejoice in my discomfort be humiliated and disgraced.”

However, despite the negativity displayed publicly, he insists that “all is well in the Dollar household.”

Dollar was taken into custody on charges of simple battery and child cruelty.  He posted a $5,000 bond the next day, Friday.

He said, “The truth is that a family conversation with our youngest daughter got emotional, emotions got involved, and things escalated from there.”  Adding, “The truth is, she was not choked, she was not punched.”

He believes, “I should have never been arrested.  Never!’  He also assured to his congregation that the facts in the case would come to light.

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We love you Pastor… DON’T TOLERATE DISRESPECT!

2 a.m. on June 8th, Megachurch Pastor Creflo Dollar was arrested for simple battery charges in Fayette County.

A judge set his Dollar’s bond at $5,000 at a morning hearing.

One of the many great Pastors in Atlanta, allegedly choked his out-of-control teenage daughter, Lauren Dollar.  The two were arguing because Lauren wanted to go to a party and wasn’t allowed to.  Moments later, the police was at their home and made the arrest.

This isn’t Pastor Creflo Dollar’s first time running into the negative media light.  Regardless, he is a Man of God and we support him!

Pastor Creflo Dollar is founder and senior pastor at World Changers Church located in College Park.  The church has nearly 30,000 members and his services are broadcast across the country.  Hopefully, this incident will not hinder him from his calling.  His church, and the world, needs his services.


My question is why is there so much turmoil in the world?  What is going on?  First, we have 12 and 13-year old girls being pregnant!  Then, we move to wars all over the world.  The economy falls and the unemployment rate continues to increase.  Then we have naked men eating homeless men faces off and a “Zombie Apocalypse” on the rise.  And now we find our Men of God being arrested for simple battery charges.  What’s next?  People rising from the dead and asking for drinks of water?  Oh, well that happened already!  Take a look ( http://www.askdro.com/2012/06/kelvin-santos-resurrected-to-ask-for-water/ )

Changes needs to happen, and it needs to happen quick!  The uprising generation is totally untamed and its starting to affect the world tremendously.  What do you think we should do from here?  Is there a way to start over before things REALLY get out of hand?

I’m curious to know what you think!  Leave your comments below.

Dr. O

Also, make sure you check out my post “Murder At a Funeral: Zion What’s The Matter Now”

Link: http://www.askdro.com/2012/06/murder-at-a-funeral-zion-whats-the-matter-now/

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  • http://twitter.com/kekemichel KMBrandLiving

    Dr O, I THINK I know where you are coming from–the child is suppose to mind the parents, no back talk, not eye rolling, or any such body language, because it is disrespectful. If a parent says no you can not go–then it should be so! 

    However, what he did was a violent and abusive, technically it is domestic violence–across culture, race, and religion. If there are any doubts what I just stated, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE and/or the National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD and make inquiry. 

    That child may now experience PTSD in the ensuing years, especially if it happened times before, or if it happens after the last abuse. That child must get counseling, now, to deal with the abuse–and deal with her having behavior issues; the Father needs to have sanctions, i.e. court ordered counseling, anger management, and parenting—even though he is a mega church pastor. 

    CPS, must step in and do something too. People, who are close must intervene, whether a church member, who is a doctor, nurse, therapist, childcare worker. Interesting, by law and code of ethics, those and such professions must report the abuse. 

    I guarantee you, not only does this affect the father-daughter relationship—but if that mother does not take a stand for her daughter, relative to that violent part of the issue—that mother-daughter relationship will get messy–VERY quickly and for a long time. Yes, damage has been done. The parents are already grown and mature and have dealt with, more or less, their own childhood abuse, violence, beatings etc that they endured by their parents (we know they have been abused, because research indicates that when parents abuse, they have been abused); but that young child now has to deal with dysfunction. For children to grow into healthy spirit-beings–they must feel safe and loved. Those are the most important things. And so much work and action underlie safety and being loved. 

    While we live in a violent culture, those who are in the helping profession, and those who are healthy and wholesome Christians must take a stand against violence, every way shape and form. And that is real!

    • Edrhino2009

      One superficial scratch will NEVER equate to abuse on this planet and a few others.

      • http://www.askdro.com AskDrO

        Enough said.

    • http://www.askdro.com AskDrO

      I am sure that she will NOT experience DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. Trust me on this one. She may have some issues with remorse later. I kinda got lost in your comment but the bottomline is I am sure that Pastor Dollar would never do anything intentionally to hurt his children.

  • Katrina

    I would like to say that first Pastor Dollar might be this megapastor of a very well-known church; however, he is a father first and if it is true that his daughter cursed him and then tried to swing at him, then I agree with what he did. Now if that was me growing up in my parents house, first and foremost at the age of 15 I would not even think about asking my father if I could go to a party, that would be out of the question. Also, if I did had the courage to ask him if I could go and he said no, then that would be the end of it.  Foremost, if I called the police on my father and they (meaning the police) came and locked my father up, I tell you what, when he gets out I better be long gone, because it would be hell at 2305 Willowdale Circle. Back in the day, the only thing my parents had to do was look at me in a certain way and I knew then to get my act together. I feel as though if the parents don’t discipline their kids, then the streets will and also the system. I will pray that this too shall pass, and that Pastor Dollar needs to hold his head up, because he did nothing wrong. If it was me acting like that with my father, I would be one dead child.

    • http://www.askdro.com AskDrO

      I wish more people would be transparent like us. Thanks for sharing!

  • Garrett

    Beloved Brother:

    The Jury is out and we should be prayerful.

    There is a lot of grey but these things are indisputable.

    1) The daughter wanted to go to a party and the request was denied.
    2) She daughter disagreed and said something disrespectful
    3) A spanking occured
    4) Their was an physical altercation (we do not know who struck whom first)
    and now the most important aspect of this whole incident
    5) The Bond between father and daughter has been damaged (possibly critically). Dr O you know better than anyone else that the vast majority of issues that we as a community face  
    is DIRECTLY as a result of number 5.

    So we must pray.

    And to think this was all the result of an attempt to go to a party….wow.

    • http://www.askdro.com AskDrO

      I wholeheartedly agree with this point! We must now just wait and see what happens next and certainly remain prayerful.

  • Thisismystory

    Everyone is quick to quote the scripture that says that children are supposed to honor their mother and father. That is true but they also conveniently and hypocritically forget the other part of this. The Bible also states that parents should not provoke their children to wrath. Ephesians 6:4 

    • http://www.askdro.com AskDrO

      The issue here is we have already attempted to convict Pastor Dollar in the jury of public opinion. That is unfair in my opinion. We simply ONLY know what the media is sharing.

      • Thisismystory

        Seems like you’ve changed your viewpoint and are obviously biased here. I’m not convicting anyone. You asked “What do you think we should do from here?  Is there a way to start over before things REALLY get out of hand?” I stated that I agreed with the comments of poster KMBrandLiving regarding the effects of this situation. No one would have believed me if I had told the story either. If I mentioned it today, my family wouldn’t believe it and call it an exaggeration. So it doesn’t surprise me that this is your response. Maybe you should address the repercussions of this issue and offer help in that area. The one thing you can’t deny is that children mimic what their parents teach them. So if you’re child is disrespectful or acts out in anger or physically then I can guarantee you that he/she learned it from the parents. To this day, I’m still trying to undo those learned behaviors. Your bias is stemmed mostly on the “innocence” of the Pastor and less about the mental affects that this situation would have on the entire family. If it didn’t happen, there’s still going to be a breakdown of trust and love. I thought this was a blog for mental health and interpersonal relationships but maybe you’re just interested in writing about the sensationalism of pop culture and reports of rumors in order to engage your readers. Shame on you Doctor. I’ll exit right here.

        • http://www.askdro.com AskDrO

           Not true, all bad behaviors should be addressed. (on both parts if present) However, if you listen to the transcripts of the 911 call you too will have a lot of doubts about the allegations. Also, there have been no formal charges in this alleged assault. We all know that if that had the least bit of information they would have convicted and hung this man by now. There is an attack on the church. This really has nothing to do with Pastor Dollar but it has a lot to do with his message. You don’t have to exit I am listening to your discussion.

    • https://plus.google.com/103205615180842243987/ Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

      This issues may become gray!

    • http://www.askdro.com AskDrO

      Where was the provocation? That is his home!

  • http://www.askdro.com AskDrO

    It is what it is.


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