Brian Carnes and Denver pastor Leon Emerson ordered the physical assault of a parishioner at their church. During a service where Carnes was speaking, a local man protested biblical misrepresentations being spread to force donations. He was then dragged to a back room and assaulted in front of hundreds of congregants. The victim said they slammed his back on a sharp table and threw him against a wall for simply preaching the gospel, as Carnes and Emerson had said to do. Records show Carnes uses speaking engagements partly to pursue inappropriate relationships with young women.