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Faith, Forgiveness, and Finding Peace | Ep 256

• Founder of Voices for Voices®, Justin Alan Hayes • Season 4 • Episode 256

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Faith, Forgiveness, and Finding Peace | Ep 256

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What happens when the very people meant to guide your spiritual journey become the source of profound trauma? In this powerful episode, survivor David Solomon breaks his silence about faith, forgiveness, and the devastating impact of betrayal within church communities.

Solomon's journey begins with a recent conversation with pastors who helped him recognize the anger he'd carried for twelve years—not primarily toward his alleged abuser, but toward church leadership who failed to provide accountability. With remarkable vulnerability, he walks us through the biblical protocols for addressing wrongdoing within church leadership that were completely abandoned in his situation. "I did what the Bible said. I went to the elders," Solomon explains, describing the devastating moment when instead of finding support, he encountered dismissal and institutional protection of the accused.

The heart of this episode lies in Solomon's evolving understanding of forgiveness. Through prayer and spiritual counsel, he discovered that while his anger was justified—even Jesus demonstrated "righteous anger"—holding onto it prevented his healing. This doesn't mean forgetting or excusing harmful actions; rather, it means releasing the consuming power that anger has held over his life. Most powerfully, Solomon concludes by publicly praying for those who have hurt him, demonstrating the transformative potential of faith to transcend human limitations while still seeking justice and accountability.

For anyone who has experienced religious trauma, struggled with forgiveness, or questioned how to maintain faith when religious leaders fail, this episode offers a roadmap through the wilderness. Solomon's testimony reminds us that authentic spirituality must include accountability, that forgiveness doesn't negate the need for justice, and that healing often requires both releasing perpetrators to God's judgment and finding new faith communities that demonstrate true compassion. Share this episode with someone wrestling with their own church wounds—sometimes knowing we're not alone is the first step toward healing.

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Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes:

Hey everyone, thanks for joining us on another episode of the Voices for Voices TV show and podcast. I'm your host, as always. Founder of Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes, glad to be with you. Thank you for watching, listening. We're over 250 episodes. We're going to definitely hit at least 300 total episodes in studio out of studio episodes by the end of calendar year 2025, and we can't do this without you, your love, your support, your willingness to you know, take a look at a show like ours and it really helps share, inspire, give this platform to people to share their voices. So, whether you're a celebrity, whether you're just named, just the average human being, that's what you'll find in our episodes. So we bring information, bring stories, we bring experiences, and this episode is just like that, just like all of our episodes. Just like that, just like all of our episodes.

Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes:

And so this particular episode, we're going to be bringing past guests and current guests and you've heard them on past shows, and being able to talk about tough topics is one of the things that we do here at Voices for Voices, and so that's what we'll be covering here, so we're going to be welcoming our guests today, and what we're going to be talking about is faith, forgiveness and church family, so we're going to be touching on all of those, and so, david Solomon, thank you again for joining us on the show, and I understand that faith, forgiveness and church family are heavy on your heart. Faith, forgiveness and church family are heavy on your heart, and so welcome again and we can get started.

David Solomon:

Thank you for having me, justin, you're welcome. Yeah, so I want to open up today with a prayer, if that's all right.

Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes:

Absolutely.

David Solomon:

Because I really want today to come from God and not me, so I'm going to lead us in prayer real quick. Father God, thank you for just letting us gather here. Thank you for the encouragement yesterday with the people I spoke to and just the word of God coming from what the pastor said. Help us to just be guided by you in all that we do and help us reach someone that needs to hear it. We thank you in advance In your name. Amen, Amen. We thank you in advance In your name amen.

David Solomon:

Amen. You know, yesterday was a really hard day because of everything going on, and so I reached out to a church that I knew and I didn't I don't know. They helped my mom and me in the past during this hard time of being betrayed, shall we say, and I reached the youth pastor first. I reached the youth pastor first and I didn't cry with him on the phone but I cried after and he just was so understanding and just really had a heart. And then I called the head pastor and we had a beautiful conversation and he just really showed what it means to follow Christ and I'm not putting him on a pedestal at all, but it kind of really showed me how to react to this situation. I'm going to talk about what should have happened instead of what is happening. We're going to be very careful today. So I'm going to say allegedly, when I speak, brian Davis was allegedly a very powerful person in the town that I grew up in and the church that things went down in because of his actions, and James Artville spiritually drained me, spiritually drained me. That's something I haven't talked about. And for the first time yesterday he reminded me that, although we're here with Scott Minor and Brian Davis and all these people. It should have not come to this, because these people are pastors and ministers and the Bible says if you have a problem, come to one of the elders and then go to the other elder and confront the problem in the leadership. And that is what is so sad. You see, a church is the representation of Jesus Christ and when someone messes up on the board, the other members are supposed to call them out and do something. And it was reminded to me yesterday that they didn't do that. In fact, I learned and I'm not going to say the name of the church that they scrubbed the individual's name from ever being a part of their ministry. There's no evidence anymore. I understand why Accountability has gone out the window and that just breaks my heart.

David Solomon:

When I went to Scott Minor about what Brian did, I went there as a concerned parent and nothing more. No matter what you hear, I was getting harassed by Brian. He was getting to new levels and that's not a lie, and I brought it to Scott's attention because I loved Realm and people were good. It was like a church family, honestly, and man, I thought that he would at least care and he didn't care. I think that was the ultimate betrayal, because I did what the Bible said. I went to the elders and he is the elder of that group, the head and so, after talking to the pastor, I started reading in the word and I was like, what am I doing wrong? And so I found out that I still have a lot of anger, and, shockingly, not towards Brian, but the leadership that won't do anything. So I talked to God and I gave it to him, the anger that I have towards the leaders not doing anything.

David Solomon:

And that was 12 years that I've held on to that anger, and rightfully so. And that's just really hard to handle. When we hold on to anger like that, it can get in the way of our life, our health, more importantly, god blessing us, because God does command forgiveness. Now it's very important that you don't forget when you forgive. That's so hard. I was talking to the pastor. He reminded me that it was okay to be angry, but it's quite another thing to be vengeful. Jesus had righteous anger, but it's quite another thing to be vengeful. Jesus had righteous anger, and I do too, but it doesn't mean that I let that rule me. I had to learn that yesterday. I was also reminded that, as much as this is a physical attack on me as a survivor, this is quite the spiritual attack too, and that is a very real thing.

David Solomon:

Allegedly in Brian Davis's new book, there is practice of black magic and witchcraft with children. When you see that, you start to understand. This man is not a God. Regardless of what happened to another victim last night of his, all I could do was listen, cry and listen. People want these victims to come out of hiding and go against him, but they're too scared and I mean, goodness, I don't blame them. It's so hard being a survivor of human trafficking and knowing that the person that did that to you is still out there and hasn't paid a consequence whatsoever. And then it's still going after you 12 years later. That's really hard, 12 years later. That's really hard. I watched the video that Brian made with James Erickville on Angel Talks Too Fast. I listened to what they had to say again, really listened. It's quite something. Never quite heard anything like it. It blew my mind that no one has sounded the alarm before.

David Solomon:

A part of me really, after talking to this victim, stood back and thought about that relationship I had with the person that saved me, brian Davis. He's the reason I became a Christian. And so I really went back to that moment, that defining moment. And moment, that defining moment, and I went back to my mom and what she said after I she was happy I was saved and she was ecstatic. But she did warn me about him and I didn't listen.

David Solomon:

I was a kid, I was a minor, maybe I was dumb, but I was naive. Brian, he did private message me a lot. At first it was cool. My mom, however, didn't think so. Soon that changed to a lot more than once a day. There was a time where I lied to my mom and talked to him behind her back, not because, like I wanted to rebel, but honestly I liked what he had to say and that really pulled me back. When the pastor talked about the demonic and the not taking a stand, and in that moment when I lied to my mom, that's where that took me. I should have never done that and it's not my fault. I was taken. I know that.

David Solomon:

But until yesterday I kind of blamed myself because I trusted this man and I didn't have a father and so he was that father figure. And not even my best friend, who you know knows him knew everything Because I kept a tight lid. So did my mom, my mom. But I had to forgive myself yesterday too, because I'm not perfect, as I was reminded. I sinned every day and and so I had to come to that realization that I was a kid. I didn't know any better. I can't hold it against myself. I did the best I could with what I had. I didn't have very many friends, allegedly, whatever happened between Brian and me, he was my friend, he was that father figure. He was my friend and he was that father figure. And to this day, trusting guys is really hard for me because Brian failed me as my mentor, mentor and there's no easy way of saying that. He spelled other kids, as I listened to a survivor tell their story and then I listened to another story from a survivor accuse someone else like Brian that I know and idolized for a long time because I knew him, of trafficking them.

David Solomon:

It was hard to believe. It was hard to believe, but then I listened and thought, well, that must be what people think about me. It's hard to believe that Brian would allegedly do these things when I stepped back and heard from his story. Believe that Brian would allegedly do these things. When I stepped back and heard from his story, I prayed and I knew that, no matter how dark, there's always truth and a person has no reason to lie. And who am I to call them a liar when everybody has called me one for years, until this moment? So I believe them. I believe them, and so that really got me to look at life a lot differently today and woke me up. I can do better, I can be better, I can make better choices. I can focus on the future and not the past, and not let the past define me for my mistakes of what happened.

David Solomon:

For those that Are listening, like Scott or people from Realm that mock People that survive, I would say to you that that it hurts. It hurts that it's a man of God who did this, and it hurts, scott, that you claim you're a man of God and you're doing this. Can't we just talk like the Bible says and go to the elders and logically talk this out before it gets too far? You've let the demonic take over. And so today we're going to end with something very unique and probably the hardest thing that I need to do, but I'm commanded to do it because I do follow my faith and so and the audience can pray with me or not, but we're going to pray for Scott Minor, and we're going to pray for Scott Minor and we're going to pray for Brian Davis. We're going to pray for James Artville and we're going to pray for the truth to come out. So I'm going to pray. If anyone wants to agree, that's listening, that's fine, or you can just listen and not pray at all, but this is something I want to do publicly, and so that's what I'm going to do. So here we go.

David Solomon:

Father God, I pray for the leadership of Realm Makers.

David Solomon:

Mr Scott Minor leads these people.

David Solomon:

I don't wish harm on him, I don't want to degrade him, I want responsibility and I pray that you would put truth on his heart, not this anger, not this vengeance, not this demonic spirit, but your truth and your love and your life To Brian Davis, who has, beyond, traumatized me and my family and so many others.

David Solomon:

Lord, in the end he is still your child, and that is one of the hardest things I have had to accept since yesterday. God, I plead the blood of Christ on my family and I also ask that you move in his life to come back to you and do the right thing For everyone he has hurt, whether spiritually, physically or mentally. For the children that he's burned, bridges twisted. You know what this man has done in the church. You know what this man has done behind closed doors, and so I pray for him to come back to you and do the right thing. I pray a hedge of protection around those individuals who are in danger because of this man. I pray for the truth to be revealed out of the actions this man is doing against me right now in real time.

David Solomon:

I pray for the man that took me from my mom with Brian James Artville. I pray that you would move in him to do the right thing as a father, to do the right thing. I pray for his ex-wife, shiloh, who is your child and truly I do not blame her for playing a part in trafficking me, because she has some mental challenges, lord, and she was taken advantage of and I do not blame her for it. I pray that you would show her that she is loved by you. I pray for her children, that they are loved by you. I pray for truth to be known in that family, lord. I pray for the Oregon City Police Department, lord, and the Medford Police and the Grants Pass Police, lord. I pray for the attorneys in those areas, lord. I pray for the attorneys in Pennsylvania.

David Solomon:

Lord, there is a demonic attack by this man and it is out of anger that this has come. It has hit my family physically, spiritually and mentally. Lord, I pray for those that are under this attack. That you cast those demons out. That you cast those demons out, and publicly, since everyone from Rome is going to hear this. Watch over them and reveal the truth to them and let them hear your voice and let them know who you are and let them know that following someone that says they walk with you does not mean that they know you.

David Solomon:

We are at a dangerous moment where these people that created Realm are leading these children, leading these families astray, lord, through churches, through youth groups, through conventions, and I pray that you would reveal your truth. I pray for Brian's wife, susie Davis, who I got the honor of meeting. I know that she has health challenges. Please heal her of every ailment. I pray for Brian's children. Protect them, protect them, bless them. I pray for the other authors of Realm who are in this that you would move mountains and let them know that you are God and that they should stop doing it on their own. I pray for the families that turn a blind eye that you would turn them back. Finally, I pray for the people that have turned their back on you out of anger and out of spite. I pray for the victims that have been hurt that you would show them that you are still there and that you never forsake them and never leave them and never let them go, and that is the God that we serve. I pray that you would show these children that seek out these authors at these conventions, that you are their dad and that these are just representations, representatives of you. They represent you but they're not perfect and I pray that you would lead them to people better than these, people that serve you and know you and dwell with you and can counsel them in their problems and care about their problems and love on them and show them who you are. And finally, I anoint the entire town of Grants Pass today, oregon City and Medford, oregon, des Moines, washington and the border of Canada, where I was taken. I anoint those towns with your protection and I ask that you would cover them as a spiritual darkness is approaching, whether that be the police cooperating with Brian or these people.

David Solomon:

I call on this demonic attack to end. Call on this demonic attack to end. I have stood by you. I have been mocked and I have done the right thing and I am begging you to release the chains of this investigation, to release the chains of this demonic oppression and attack from these towns. These people are yours and not the devil's. I pray for my family as they have been threatened by these people, by these people spiritually, mentally and physically. I pray for a hedge of protection around them that they might be shielded from the demonic attacks of this dragon.

David Solomon:

I thank you for letting me be a voice for those that have been silenced or so afraid to come forward. I thank you for Justin, for being brave, bold and wanting to take a stand for what is right. I pray that you would help me put on the full armor of God as I battle through the spiritual battlefield each and every day that we are called to do as followers of you, and I pray that anybody who doesn't know you will come to you and know why I survived being trafficked. It wasn't because of me, it wasn't because of my actions, it wasn't because of what I did to get away. It was because of you. Because I cried out in that moment and that angel blinded my trafficker. And I cried out again to get on a bus that I had never been on to my mom. And I cried out on that bus that when I arrived at my mom's home with her just taking chemo, that you would heal her so I could have a mom to come back to because she was terminally ill. And you heard me and you killed her that night. And that cancer never returned. And you heard me again when my mom was terminally ill in 2019. And the doctors said that this disease would not disappear ever and she was healed because you heard me.

David Solomon:

So please hear me now and release this bondage of demonic attack on your church, on your children, on your people, on these kids on Realm, on these kids in Grants Pass and in the Rogue Valley. Release this attack in the name of Jesus. Release these demons from trying to tell lies and trying to get these children to not look at discernment, to let these demons guide them and say that they follow you, but they know not you. Release them from these chains of slavery, of spiritual enslavement, and thank you for all that you have done in my family. Thank you for the people that I met this week, for the person that went to a Calvary Chapel and all I saw was a tattoo, and I knew that God had brought that person into my life to speak to me on a new level. And thank you for his wife, who saw my story.

David Solomon:

I looked in her eyes and I saw you.

David Solomon:

I looked in his eyes and I saw you. And when I was down, I saw you. I looked in his eyes and I saw you. And when I was down I saw you and thank you for the church that I talked to yesterday and thank you for the people that take a stand and know you and lead me to those people, lead me to those attorneys, those lawyers, the right people that know you and serve you and put on that armor of God and lead my family and lead the people that seek that to your kingdom and not the devil's. And finally, lord and last but not least, in this investigation, let the truth be known, let your will be done and let justice be served, not to me, but to the victims that have been victimized because of the people that claim that they know you and have called you a liar, because they say that they are on your level, that they are sinless, that they are on the same level as Jesus. Lord, let the truth be revealed through this cult. Lord, in your name, amen.

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