Subject: confirmation of investigation
Date: 2026-03-02 11:02
From: rafael@spiritwatch.org
My name is Rafael Martinez. I am a licensed minister and pastor located
in Northwest Indiana. For the past 4 years, I have been asked to assist
victims of a dysfunctional faith community located in the Madison Place
neighborhood of Cincinnati that has many questionable doings for well
over a decade. This group is called the Madison Place Community Church
and is also popularly known locally as the Gladstone Community and has
had significant amount of local church support as well by places such as
the Marymont Church and others.
I support the First Amendment clause to the free exercise of religion
but this is never to be a cover for the breaking of the laws of our
land. Child abuse is universally an evil blight we are to resist and
bring to accountability every opportunity we have. Part of the serious
issues there at this Madison place group have been situations I've been
hearing of in which children and youth are alleged to have been exposed
to instances of mentally and physically abusive rearing practices and
even situations in which supposedly registered child sex offenders might
have been authorized by the group to be in their immediate proximity. I
am aware that a homeschooling facility is run by this community in which
they could have easy access.
As a minister I'm bound to report these kind of situations to law
enforcement and your agency. I have not reported on these issues since
the allegations of of these, I have been told by those intimately
familiar with this group, have supposedly been already in place. But I
have never pursued any verification that this was actually was done.
Supposedly there have been at least four or five other instances in
which a complaint was made about these activities.
And I have heard that last week an individual whose identity is unknown
to me made an hour long call to someone involved in your agency
detailing an extensive litany of complaints along these lines and
others. There are some very serious accusations of medical neglect,
abusive corporal punishment and others as directed by the leaders of
this group.
MY QUESTIONS are these:
1) Is there an active investigation process going on right now since
last week with the Madison Place Community Church and it's leadership,
namely Brian Roselli and others?
2) In the past several years can you please confirm how many other
complaints that led to active investigations have you received about
this church and any other people connected to it such as Zak Kijinsky
and others? Can you clarify the nature of these complaints?
3) What would be your agency's response if you found that registered sex
offenders had been within the reach of the children and youth of this
community and nothing was done to safeguard them?
4) A fluid and mobile populace of immigrant families and children have
come and gone there and many concerns have been shared with me that they
were victims of criminal abuse by neglect and sexual exploitation. Has
your agency been aware of this as well?
I have a large group of people I am in touch with who are former members
and family of the participants in the Madison / Gladstone group who are
gravely concerned about this situation and I'd like to know how to
respond to them. However, the greater good of a community that has been
beholden to all of this for many years requires an upfront and direct
communication from your agency on this. We would appreciate your speedy
response.
Cordially
Rev. Rafael Martinez
Spiritwatch Ministries
