Journey Church Pastor Re-Arrested After Today’s Court Hearing For More Charges Involving Second Victim

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Gabriel E. Mills (41) of Kenosha Being Arrested Today
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

On September 30, 2024, Gabriel E. Mills, a pastor at Journey Church/Christian Life School, was arrested for two serious felonies. Today, he was arrested again, seconds after a court hearing was concluded.

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Gabriel E. Mills (41) of Kenosha In Court Today With Defense Attorney Patrick Cafferty
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Mills was alleged to have stolen intimate photos of a woman off of her husband’s phone. Mills told the woman’s husband that Mills wanted to install some audiobook files on the victim’s husband’s phone for him to listen to. While he did that, he searched her phone for naked or semi-naked photos. He then sent them to himself via Apple’s “airdrop” feature, later confirmed by a forensic cell phone software program. The victim caught Mills red-handed looking at one such photo on Mills’ phone. Mills lied to the victim and said that they were photos of his own wife. The victim knew better and said she knew for sure, they were photos of herself.

Kenosha County Circuit Court Commissioner William Michel II
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

Mills went to bond court on October 2, 2024, his 41st Birthday, where Commissioner William Michel II set bail at $7,500 cash. Mills was charged with two counts of “Capturing an Intimate Representation,” a felony. He faces years in prison, if convicted. A wealthy man named Don Taylor paid Mills’ bail the very same day. Mills was processed and released the next day.

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Today, Mills was in court for a preliminary hearing, a normally uneventful step in the criminal justice proceedings. Today, however, anything but ordinary. Commissioner William Michel II found probable cause for Mills’ two felony charges and they set the next court date.

Gabriel E. Mills (41) of Kenosha Being Arrested Today
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

Immediately after the hearing was over, Detective Traxler of the Kenosha Police Department took Mills into custody for the second time. “You’re under arrest,” said Detective Traxler. Mills had a look on his face indicating he wasn’t surprised and perhaps expected to be re-arrested.

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Lieutenant Joshua Hecker – Kenosha Police Department

“This morning Gabriel Mills was arrested after his preliminary hearing. A new complainant came forward, after reading the original media release. Detectives were able to locate evidence on Gabriel’s phone that substantiated the claims made against him by the complainant. Gabriel was charged with one more count of Capture an Intimate Representation Without Consent,” said Lt. Josh Hecker of the Kenosha Police Department. “The investigations against Gabriel are still on-going. At this time, several search warrants have been executed and many items of evidence have been seized. The seized evidence primarily consists of electronic devices, that contain digital evidence. The seized items are still being processed to identify other potential victims. Det. Eric Traxler is asking for anyone with information related to this case to please contact him at 262-605-5223.”

Mills’ Truck Outside of Court
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

Mill’s truck was parked on the side of the road in front of the intake building and the Journey Church Logo was on the back window. Official charges are expected tomorrow in the second victim’s case. About a dozen church members, including Mills’ wife, were in court today to seemingly support his behavior or believe he didn’t do what police and prosecutors say he did. Many people have told KCE that Journey Church is a “cult-like” church.

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Kevin Taylor – Head Pastor, Journey Church

Kevin Taylor, the church’s lead pastor wouldn’t speak with KCE, but according to the criminal complaint, did not cooperate with police despite saying multiple times to the media that he is cooperating. He sent the following email to parissioners last week:

Mills is expected to appear in court for bail later this week on the new charges.

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Gabriel E. Mills (41) of Kenosha
(Kenosha County Sheriff)
Kenosha Police Officer Kevin Hofmann Testifying In Court Today
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Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Rosa Delgado and Detective Traxler In Court Today
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Journey Church / Christian Life School 10700 75th St Kenosha
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Journey Church / Christian Life School 10700 75th St Kenosha
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Journey Church / Christian Life School 10700 75th St Kenosha
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Journey Church / Christian Life School 10700 75th St Kenosha
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Gabriel E. Mills (41) of Kenosha Being Arrested Today
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
Gabriel E. Mills (41) of Kenosha Being Arrested Today
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
Gabriel E. Mills (41) of Kenosha Being Arrested Today
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
Gabriel E. Mills (41) of Kenosha Being Arrested Today
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

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  1. Whatever happened to just beating the shit out of another “man”?!!! Sooooo many “men” need it. Beat down and shame these pervs/pedos. It works!

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      1. I think the “kid f****rs” you are waiting for are all pastors at the Journey Church and countless other churches throughout our country.

        WWJD

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        1. No. It was you, homo.
          These were all adults….Pervy, but all adults. Still dwarfed by all the teachers fucking, and grooming kids all over the nation.

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          1. And you don’t believe that priests do the same thing? The news is filled with creepy priests and church leaders preying on kids. You are one ignorant and stupid person.

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            1. Not saying they aren’t. That wasn’t my statement. Reread it. Both are infiltrated by pedos. The difference is that the schools allow and encourage child abuse.
              🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
              You have no legacy, because you’re a faggot.
              Enjoy your monkeypox n syphilis. 👌👌

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              1. And you don’t think that the preying on kids is not encouraged or allowed in many Churches?

                Wow! You are very dim-witted. (That means stupid.)

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              2. Why the need to call someone a faggot? What does that have to do with anything regarding this article? Very unnecessary and hateful.

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              3. Straight White Male is a textbook example of a self-loathing closeted homosexual. He simply can not reconcile his deep-seated and long-standing desire to lay with a man. Because he was brought up to hate members of the LGBTQ community, he projects his hatred towards himself onto others. Practically every time he posts he provides further evidence this is do.

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            2. Over 2000 years there have been many more good priests than bad priests. Look into Father Edward J. Flanagan or Saint Maximilian Kolbe you can keep going ad infinitum!! thousands upon thousands if not millions of wonderful priests that help so many people all over the world from 33 a.d. to present day.

            3. give it a rest already–more pedophiles are teachers and pastors, not priests, but the media likes to say it is only the priests.

    1. Just admit the church has covered up the same pedo behavior you hate. You lose credibility with your denial. I now rank your credibility the same as the boy saying he’s a girl.

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      1. You people are retarded. I never said it ain’t happening. The schools are openly brainwashing kids into faggotism, trannyism, grooming, indoctrination. Anyone in the church or schools, fucking with kids, SHOULD BE PUBLICLY HUNG.
        It’s people like you and that other homo that can’t read, that fucked this country up.

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          1. Holy fuck you’re an idiot. I have a child in school, and I actually care what is going on in these failing public schools. It’s not hard to research, if you’re smart. So don’t try it. Fuckin clown

            1. Oh no! We learned that you have a spawn. That poor child. You are probably abusive to your child like your father was abusive to you. Your father taught you to hate members of the LGBTQ community. Now you have a serious problem because you have a long-standing and deep-seated desire to lay with a man. You lash out in anger at everyone else because you hate yourself because of your own homosexual urges.

              How sad, your child inherited the gay gene from you. Now, Your child may likely turn out to be a third generation self-loathing closeted homosexual.

              Don’t be shocked when it happens. Hate, even hate directed towards yourself, is taught and learned.

  2. Why am i not surprised using the name of the Lord to do scandalous things, shame on you pastor or should i say human being!!!

  3. Wow! It seems there is a serious problem at this Bible trumping, blue lives matter church filled with sanctimonious hypocrites. This is a church in which many members actively engage in swinging and other adulterous activities all while they strut around acting superior to everyone else.

    Really. How deep does this go? Is it an unwritten expectation that every woman in this congregation must be photographed nude?

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    1. here to say that blue lives do matter. some you can hate but they’re making this world a better place by actively looking into Gabe Mills and arresting him!!!! among many other things.

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  4. I feel sorry for all the lost souls that have nothing else
    to live for, other than gobble up the entire line of bullshit.

    Some churches love to prey on the weak and vulnerable
    that have loads of cash.

    The pictures could have been intended as part of a blackmail scheme.
    I wonder how many other victims there are.

  5. Is the money man, Don Taylor, related to the head pastor, Kevin Taylor?

    Also, perverted dude drives an expensive truck like that yet can’t cough up $7500 of his own money? A little financial advice: if you don’t have at least $10,000 in an emergency fund these days then you’d better be driving a 2010 Prius until you do. Priorities. Pride goeth before destruction…

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  6. Sad story…and very childish comments. Some of you people really need get more socialization in your life to have a decent conversation on social media. I can’t tell you how old this is getting. SMH… Sad…

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    1. Oh…my…God! No kidding! ”Childish comments” indeed.🙄Name calling, insult throwing…like a bunch of juvenile monkeys throwing their poo.

  7. I’ve been to Journey Church a few times years ago. It’s so loud it’s like a rock concert and the main pastor Kevin is a feminine man. Just my observations.

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  8. I spent a week one night being interrogated by Det. Traxler. Not a fun time. Thankfully the charges were dropped as they were unfounded. This is a really messed up situation, but it involves 2 very corrupt organizations. KPD and a church.

    1. they have a hard job, and they have to push sometimes to get answers. i’m sorry you went through that but that doesn’t make KPD corrupt.

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      1. I did. Which his reply was well it’s Friday night, so I guess you’ll have to wait in jail until Monday then. I was so confused and in disbelief of what was happening, I’d handle things differently now.

    2. I’ll bet not!😧I smoked pot for a week one night years ago, but that was fun.😉Given your innocence, I’m glad to hear charges were dropped; not everyone is so lucky. Also, sometimes all it takes for a life to be ruined is simply the ‘whisper of guilt’ to plant the seeds of nasty rumors that live on and often grow, despite absolute innocence. Brutally unfair.

  9. Kevin, you could always stop by this evening to try and get any answers. Keep up the good work.

    (Email from Journey)
    We would like to invite our Journey family to a special evening of prayer and worship at our Kenosha Campus, this Wednesday at 6:30pm. This is an opportunity for us to come together as a community, lift our voices in worship, and seek God’s presence.

    Let’s gather in faith and unity as we draw near to God together. We hope to see you there!

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  10. Good job KPD. Very interesting how this dude knew there were naked photos on two phones now. Will be interesting to see what happens with further investigation. Adultery on this dudes part cuz Jesus pretty clear about all of that too. Great work reporting Kevin!

    1. He is a member of Journey Church who has done a lot of work for the church and is best friends with some of the pastors. His kids used to attend CLS and he used to be business partners with Tim Pinter until it came out he groomed a 19 year old female that was living with the family. Yet another situation Journey was well aware of.

    1. Def a horrible testimony to Jesus. I’m sure there is going to be more coming out. This whole thing is very weird. Apparently they don’t get the whole modesty thing in the Bible either. I’m hearing rumors of some swinging going on over there.

  11. You should check out the skeletons in Living Light Church’s closet. They were skilled enough to manipulate people until the statute of limitations expired. Money does buy protection there.

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  12. Right wing church are usually full of pedophilic behavior and groomers run rampant. Every accusation is a confession with these cesspool cult pits. So many lies and deceit being covered up by false image of god loving people. So ouch underlying hate and deciet brews in these congregations.

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    1. You know which group is actually full of pedo’s?? Democrats. They’re in schools, public office, media, Hollywood, and especially rioters! Rittenhouse showed us exactly who the pedo’s are. It was like shooting fish in a barrel!

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  13. Right wing churches are usually full of pedophilic behavior and groomers run rampant. Every accusation is a confession with these cesspool cult groups. Sooo many lies, inappropriate behavior and deceit being covered up in these buildings. Parading a false image of god loving people. So much blatant hate and deciet brews in these congregations.

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  14. Journey church has lots of secrets they hide behind closed doors and corruption within them. Hopefully this is just the start of these acts of corruption coming to the surface

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      1. I went there years ago and CLS is independent of the church. Sure they are in the same building and share some of the same leadership, but I never really saw the church pastors. Gabe was the CLS campus pastor for some time though, so I guess he transitioned away at some point.

        1. Gabe also used to be in charge of the Journey Ministry College. I’m not sure if the college still exists, but that’s what his former title was a few years back.

  15. Finally Busted !!!
    Kevin you should look at the other pastor and the financial embezzlements that are going on in that church,
    it’s like Kenosha very own church of scientology cover up and corruption,

  16. WTH is going on at that Church?? And how did this so-called pastor know that there were intimate photos on all these people’s phones? Are they swapping wives, threesomes, what?? There is a lot more to this than what we are even hearing I’m sure??

    Sick people and I always thought that Church along with all the Willow Creek churches were Cults, just like Joel Olsteen too!!!

    1. Exactly this. Why are women taking immodest shots of themselves & keeping them on their phones & their husbands phones & some how this dude knows to look? Also, have you seen the home coming CLS attire these young girls wore? Skirts up to their butts

        1. It’s sad you are right. As a Christian it’s just wild to me how every year it gets worse even among Christian’s. Kinda like you get arrested if you impersonate a cop. So many are allowing their girls out of the house impersonating a hooker.

  17. Does anyone else find this whole situation odd??

    Maybe some love triangles gone wrong?

    The woman just happened to see him looking at the nude pictures of her on his phone? That’s how he got busted?

    Not defending anyone. Just a really strange story.

  18. So you’re telling me that the lead pastor of Journey – Kevin Taylor’s son in law Don paid the bail? Thats interesting.

    1. Don Taylor is not related in any way, including marriage, to Kevin. However, Don is close with all the pastors. If you look him up on facebook, he’s best friends with Jon Brown who is like PK’s second hand man. Don has done construction in the past for the church so while not related, it’s interesting that he’s paying.

      He should actually help the WIFE out. Pay for her and the kids dinner, offer support to leave this guy.. But nope, just a pedo helping out another.

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