Woman says founder of Kansas City religious group sexually abused her when she was 14

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Michigan woman has come forward with allegations that International House of Prayer founder Mike Bickle sexually abused her starting when she was 14 and before he formed the Kansas City ministry. Her allegations, which some say are the most damning to surface yet about Bickle and come after four decades of silence, are the first claims that involve sexual abuse of a minor. She alleges the abuse began when she was a babysitter for Bickle’s two young children. Tammy Woods, who told her story exclusively to The Star this week, said the abuse occurred in the early 1980s in St....