CCCW Board Member Connected to Whitehorse City Council

In one of my first posts I recanted how I was scammed by Christian City Care. I also mentioned I'd met a Mr George Neophytou the solicitor for Christian City Church Whitehorse. Later I discovering that Mr George Neophytou also held a position on the Board of Directors for Christian City Church Whitehorse, which also oversaw Christian City Care. However until today I was not aware the Mr George Neophytou also ran for a seat on the Whitehorse City Council in 2003.

George Neophytou Whitehorse City Council Elections

On the 9'th of April 2003 in a sitting of the Victorian Parliament the Hon. B. N. ATKINSON (Koonung) raised an issue concerning a planning development by Christian City Church. Where their legal representative George Neophytou Law Pty Ltd had written a letter to the body corporate who had lodged objections against the development. This development was in fact the now new home of Christian City Church at Rooks Rd Vermount.

Quoting the Hon. B. N. ATKINSON (Koonung)
"This is an outrageous letter because people have an ability under planning legislation to object to developments that they believe will have an adverse impact on their amenity and enjoyment of their property. That is a legitimate opportunity. For this company to suggest that it has judged the objections of the objectors and decided that those objections are not substantial objections and then suggest it will pursue an order for $200 000 in costs if these people proceed with their objections is outrageous and in total contravention of the rights these people enjoy at law at the moment in being able to have their case heard by VCAT. I hope the Minister for Planning shares my view that this sort of letter is not on."

Full story regarding George Neophytou Law Pty Ltd and Christian City Church can be viewed below:
Planning - Vermont development Whitehorse

From my understanding Christian City Church initially sought to transform their factory warehouses at 153 - 171 Rooks Rd, Vermont Victoria into a 1000 seating Church auditorium. In usual Christian City Church fashion the facts of this became rather clouded.

I can however state with my own two eyes and ears I was witness to a conversation that took place at Rooks Rd & where Pastor Peter Mchugh inspected the new sign that was to be hung on the outside of the main building. The sign contacted the word "Church". The sign was not permitted to be used. Instead it was to be replaced with something that did not state Church. At this time there is the signage of C3Centre. Unless one knew what C3 stood for I doubt anyone would realise this was the new home of Christian City Church Whitehorse.

Getting back to topic, I was under the impression that Christian City Church applied to Whitehorse City Council for a development permit not for a Church but for a Christian teaching college. Reality is the college takes up about 5% (if that) of the buildings. Fact is the buildings are not a college as the Whitehorse City Council apprently approved.

My question now focuses back to the connection between Christian City Church Whitehorse and George Neophytou Law Pty Ltd, for whom George Neophytouin in 2003 not only held a seat on the Board of Directors at Christian City Church Whitehorse, but was also running for a seat on the Whitehorse City Council.

Christian City Church

Christian City Church is the brainchild of Minister Phil Pringle, who is also the Senior Minister of CCC Oxford Falls. With over 200 Christian City Churches world wide they are also known as C3iglobal.

To refresh the current situation pertaining to this Christian City Church blog, it involves Christian City Church Whitehorse and the welfare organisation Christian City Care. It directly concerns a Mr Ryan who was employed by the Board of Directors of CCCare/CCCW in 2003 to be the CCCare Welfare Worker.

Fact is Mr Ryan was not a qualified Welfare Worker.

Fact is he was unqualified to perform the duties of a Welfare Worker.

Unqualified means:
Not qualified; not fit; lacking requisite qualifications: unqualified for the job.

Mr Ryan's position within CCCare was not just a matter of accessing clients for food hampers or to source out accommodation or material aid. What makes this matter troubling is some of the clients Mr Ryan was dealing with had alcohol and drug abuse issues. Some clients also had mental issues, abuse issues and what I'd call substantial life management issues.

Mr Ryan was given carte blanche authority by CCCare to assist these clients with the above issues.

For instance, I was witness to many occasions when Mr Ryan bought alcohol for alcoholics. A number of times he'd taken clients who were alcoholics to the pub. He'd even formed friendships with clients outside of CCCare and would invite clients to his home for a BBQ and drinks.

Most people would realise that you don't give an alcoholic alcohol. Transpose this to a Welfare Worker and they would certainly have the training to know that giving alcohol to an alcoholic is a no no. But Mr Ryan the (so called) welfare worker for Christian City Care had no clue!

In another display of the CCCare's bogus welfare workers inapt abilities, he had a client (lets call her Ann).

Anne came from an abusive relationship, had a history of being incarcerated, had a teenager son (who was removed from here care) and had a history of drug abuse. At the time Ann was on the methadone program.

Ann was being housed in a medium term women's accommodation program. A two bedroom unit in an eastern suburb of Melbourne. The apparent residential conditions of this unit was that Ann must live there by herself.

However Mr Ryan had a problem. Two of his CCCare clients were desperately in need of accommodation. In additions one of these clients had a drug abuse issue, whilst the other was an alcoholic. Instead of respecting the fact that Ann had issues also, he manipulated Ann into allowing these two men to reside at her unit.

Not only did this place Ann at risk of relapsing back to her substance abuse, but, it also directly jeopardised Ann's accommodation conditions.

Unfortunately not long after these two men moved into Ann's residence trouble commenced. Ann began drinking and smoking drugs. When both men were asked to leave, one complied, whilst the other turned nasty and reported Ann to the organisation that had given her the housing.

Ann's return to drugs, could have been prevented and the obvious risks should have been avoided.

When you have a welfare organisation (CCCare) passing Mr Ryan off as a Social/Welfare Worker, (and allowing this person to do the same), situations such as what happen to Ann, the alcoholics and any client of Christian City Care who dealt with Mr Ryan (CCCare bogus Welfare Worker) is an inevitable outcome.

It's a pity that Mr Ryan did not hold insight to realise he was in over his head. It's also sad state of affairs when a registered Welfare Organisation in Victoria, CCCare, were incapable of seeing the damage that Mr Ryan was/ had caused to clients of CCCare.

Unfortunately both Christian City Care and Christian City Church Whitehorse refuse to take any accountability for Mr Ryan's actions.

Let's just hope that due to Mr Ryan's lack of qualifications and bogus Social/Welfare Worker status, he has not caused any of his CCCare clients who suffered mental illness, alcohol/drug abuse issues or other serious problems any physical harm, abuse or worse.

As I was also a client of Mr Tony Ryan, Christian City Church Whitehorse being a Church of 3Ciglobal and Christian City Churches, that Senior Minister Phil Pringle needs to address the lack of accountability at CCCW and CCCare.

Both Minister Phil Pringle and Christian City Church Oxford Falls have been advised on three separate occasions about these welfare issues. However to date no response has been received.

CCCare and CCCW

If this is the first time you are reading my blog, I thought it maybe a good idea to draw you a quick overview of why the CCCare and CCCW blog exists. Although the full account of these issues are contained in this blog, this overview should bring new visitors up to speed on the who, why and where.

In October of 2004 I sought assistance from CCCare the welfare arm of C3Whitehorse that was located at 27 Bank Street Box Hill, Victoria Australia. Back then it was known as Christian City Church Whitehorse.

On my first welfare appointment I met Tony Ryan who introduced himself as the CCCare Social Worker. In a nut shell the CCCare Social Worker turns out was not a Social Worker nor even a Welfare Worker but held the position of unqualified welfare worker.

Unqualified means - lacking qualifications, untrained, unqualified to perform a job that requires qualifications.

Over the course of Tony Ryan being my CCCare unqualified (unbeknown to me) Welfare Worker he not only cohered me into signing a loan with his own Finance Company Brontobyte Financial Solutions Pty Ltd, but also scammed me into working a total of 1,400 hours for his buddy Frank Greco who owned Connections Consulting Pty Ltd.

Most people ask...How on on earth could someone scam you into signing a loan and get you to work for someone for 1,400 hours without being paid.

At the time I wasn't well. I'd recently been released (early September 2004) from a 7 week hospital stay. I was both physically and emotionally drained. I sought help from CCCare because I had no one else to turn to. No family, nothing (In late 2003 I'd lost a business, my 10 year relationship ended in April 2004).

Apart from existing in a dodgy rooming house in Box Hill, I was practically destitute.

It's one of those experiences that unless you've been there, it's hard to understand the dynamics.

Bottom line, I thought that Tony Ryan actually care about my welfare, so I ended up trusting him 100%. If Tony said jump I would.

After working a total of 1,400 hours on the basis of trusting Tony Ryan and his word that I'd be paid, I was sacked. In fact Tony Ryan was the one who sacked me after receiving a phone call to do so by his Mate Frank Greco.

CCCare and CCCW become involved was I connected both Christian City Care and Christian City Church Whitehorse and made a formal complaint about Tony Ryan. Instead of accepting responsibility and accountability for the CCCare dodgy unqualified welfare workers actions, the Chairman of the Board of Directors for both CCCare and CCCW (Senior Pastor Peter McHugh), wrote me a letter dispelling all accountability for their involvement and responsibility for their unqualified welfare worker employee unsavoury conduct.

I'm now back on my feet again and so I decided to start this blog. People of Australia, the world, need to know exactly what was allowed to happen at Christian City Care. They also need to be informed about the (in my opinion) lack of ethics, to which the senior Pastor Peter Mchugh operated the Board that oversees both CCCare and CCCW.