A woman has accused self-proclaimed Kenyan-American prophet Lovy Elias of years of sexual exploitation, spiritual abuse, and financial manipulation involving her and multiple other women.
Elias, 39, a songwriter who leads the Revelation Church LA, in Simi Valley, California, claims to hear from God himself and has widespread influence with more than 2 million followers on Facebook and Instagram. He started his church in 2013 in his living room in nearby Woodland Hills.
The woman, who identifies as Jane Doe, filed a civil lawsuit against Elias earlier this month in Los Angeles County’s Superior Court. She also accused Revelation Church of knowing about Elias’s activities but failing to take any action.
Doe alleges that Elias used his authority as a pastor to manipulate her into a sexual relationship, which began in 2022. Elias, who had divorced in 2017, purposefully misrepresented his own marriage status in order to sleep with her, the lawsuit alleges.
He reportedly coerced Doe into a “long-term sexual relationship, convincing her to move across the country, and funding their relationship by misappropriating thousands of dollars from the Revelation Church ministry funds,” the 10-page lawsuit states.
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Doe also alleges that Elias has similarly taken advantage of multiple other vulnerable women.
The Roys Report (TRR) reached out to Elias and Revelation Church for comment but did not hear back prior to publication.
Elias gave Doe thousands of dollars
Elias first contacted Doe after she started watching his sermons and sharing them online. He reached out to her, calling her “my dear daughter.” He then invited her to visit his church in California and even paid for her and a friend’s flight there. During their trip, he regularly sent Doe money through PayPal and Apple Pay.
Elias soon started to pursue Doe romantically, according to the lawsuit. Because Doe believed Elias to be a “man of God,” she reciprocated interest.
During this initial trip, Elias took Doe to tour a new house under construction. He allegedly told her, “This is where we’re going to have our babies,” and, “This is where I want us to live.” Doe said she later learned these were fraudulent promises.
Six months into seeing each other, their relationship escalated sexually. While Doe said in the lawsuit that she felt the sexual relationship was wrong, Elias allegedly reassured her that God said it wasn’t.
Elias supposedly said, “God is with us. You don’t have to worry. He’s approving of all this stuff.” Doe described his words as spiritual and mental manipulation.
Over the next two years, Elias sent Doe monthly payments of approximately $2,000 to $3,000 for her bills and living expenses, the lawsuit said. In February 2023, she moved from Indiana to California due to encouragement from Elias. After moving, Elias allegedly gave her $10,000 while at a Best Buy.
On top of the cash, Elias reportedly took Doe on trips to Miami, Africa and Dubai and bought her luxury items with misappropriated funds from Revelation Church.
Elias encourages Doe to get pregnant
In the summer of 2023, Elias told Doe he planned to marry his ex-girlfriend, Maggy Soas, but contended he was doing so for “ministry purposes only” and not because he wanted to be with her, the lawsuit said.
Even after Elias got married, he continued to keep Doe “sexually engaged” by telling her “God is with us. Don’t worry. Soon everything’s going to make sense,” according to the lawsuit.
He also encouraged Doe to get pregnant with him and required her to undergo fertility testing. In 2024, Elia reportedly told her right after sex, “We just made them,” referring to babies.
When she asked Elias what God said about her supposed pregnancy, he replied with a laugh and said, “Oh, not yet, don’t worry. We’re going to have a lot of babies.”
Doe learns she isn’t the only woman
In November 2024, Doe learned she was just one of several women Elias was allegedly involved with. The lawsuit said two other church members named Alexis and Anisha were also in secret, sexual relationships with Elias.
Elias allegedly sent Anisha naked photos of Doe, and he claimed that Doe was merely “somebody who wants me.” Elias allegedly told Anisha fertility claims that were similar to Doe’s.
Doe contends that Elias sexually battered her, sexually harassed her, and inflicted emotional stress. She adds that he invaded her privacy by distributing intimate images. Doe is asking the court to grant her damages.
“This conduct was specifically calculated to inflict severe emotional distress,” the lawsuit concluded. “Elias engaged in extreme and outrageous conduct by fabricating a relationship, falsely promising marriage and children, requiring (Doe) to undergo medical fertility testing, lying to her about a potential pregnancy, and sharing her private, naked photos with other women.”
Liz Lykins is a correspondent covering religion news for The Roys Report, WORLD Magazine, and other publications.
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This won’t affect his numbers at all. I’m guessing his congregation is mostly female with a collective crush on him.
Better to stay home and read the Bible.
It’s sad when people like this go into ministry for all the wrong reasons. And there’s nobody to hold them accountable.
Welcome to false prophets. They have always told lies in order to deceive, itching their ears. There are many out there: all that are making a living off of giving prophecies to other people according to the Didache, which is the early collection of church writings starting after the death of the last of the Apostles. God is capable of choosing prophets and telling them things wherever and whenever He wishes, but the few real ones make no MAMMON off it. It is impossible as they are receiving messages that people in our culture do not want to hear any more than the ancient Israelites wanted to hear them. Nothing has changed whatsoever. I have seen Jesus and the King is not impressed by our Western Christianity.
He’s more than just a self-proclaimed prophet… he’s also another american independent entrepreneur ‘pastor’ among the many that this hyper-individualistic, anti-authority, anti-critical thinking, anti-institutionalist, anti-accountability american low church culture produces… his sins are gross, but even if he’d done none of that, this idea of church (his and so many followers), the corporate office building look, the darkened theater stage rock show look, the entertaining music and ‘prophesy’, and other hoopla… is ALSO gross…
I long for the day when all that vibe is obliterated… and no-one claiming to follow Christ steps into such a gross environment… when that happens, gross sinners like this will have one less path to this kind of grift…
Wake up low church america… you’re as sick and gross as the Catholic Church was in the Middle Ages; long past time you get hit with some reformation.
I don’t know what Revelation this guy is supposedly receiving from God. But it certainly is not anything biblical. Run and flee from this false prophet.
When someone says, “God told me…,”, or “The Lord spoke to me and said…”. Watch out on this!! If we accept this claim, it is because we rarely give pause to critically process and assess what’s being said.
Scripture tells us to:
– “Test all things. Hold onto what is good. Avoid everything that is evil” (1 Thessalonians 5:21-22)
– “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world”. (1 John 4:1, ESV)
I would like to know since the eightys when all this prophet nonsense exploded on the scene how many people made actual prophecies vs just wild guesses. 2020 how many prophecies about trumps election didn’t come true. Doesn’t the OT say false prophets are to be stoned to death? Then some went oops we misunderstood God and he meant 2024. People actually said that. We have to many lazy Christians seeking feel good solutions vs actually judging these false claims and stop associating with them and especially giving them, not God, money. Yikes and the church wonders why churches are becoming empty. At least the Catholic Church keeps the sermons about learning vs an hour of entertainment. People stop putting your faith in a human and just because they say God is inspiring them it doesn’t mean God is. It’s called ego of being worshiped as they stand before the crowd each week. Gross.
Considering the track record on the accuracy of their prophesies, let’s just say ALL of them would be pushing up the daisies if the Old Testament punishment was used for prophets who make errors. Something to think about.
Or something to hope for.