The movement has spawned global offshoots in countries such as Holland, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, Canada, the US, and New Zealand, which continue to run today, and has converted thousands of people to the faith. ![]() However, details of one of the Watford-based gap year scheme’s high-profile donors has emerged for the first time, emphasising the global power and influence of Soul Survivor. Many of the alleged victims first encountered Rev Canon Pilavachi through his church’s gap-year programme, Soul Time, now known as Soul61, which describes itself as a charity which aims to “identify and train future Christian leaders”. However, he was unmasked by The Telegraph in May after victims spoke out for the first time claiming he ran “a cult” in which young men were encouraged to receive full-body oil massages on his bed and engage in vigorous wrestling matches. Pilavachi, 65, founded the Soul Survivor Watford church and its summer festivals which attracted around 30,000 young people from around the world and ran each summer from 1993 to 2019. The charity watchdog is examining donations made to Soul Survivor’s gap-year programme – where Rev Canon Mike Pilavachi allegedly groomed young men – including a £700,000 donation by a Malaysian business tycoon.
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