Spiritual compound south of GV named in lawsuit; allegations include sex abuse, coercion, forced labor
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A woman who claims she escaped from a spiritual compound near Tumacácori after 20 years of abuse has filed a lawsuit in Superior Court in Santa Cruz County that includes allegations of forced labor, sexual exploitation and psychological coercion.
The lawsuit lists as defendants Global Community Communications Alliance; the estate of its late leader and founder, Anthony Joseph Delevin; and four other leaders of the group.
Delevin, whose aliases included Van of Urantia and Gabriel of Urantia, died in August 2025. The original complaint was filed in October and was amended and refiled Dec. 16. Global Community Communications Alliance has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit and attorneys for the plaintiff are planning to file an answer to that request next week.
The defendant, listed as Jane M. Doe, was 10 months old when her parents joined the community in 1996, and 19 when she fled in 2015.
The suit alleges “two decades of unchecked power, institutional betrayal and systemic abuse inflicted on a child who had no ability — nor permission — to protect herself.”
Among the allegations outlined in the 34-page filing:
• “Defendants engineered a system designed to break children and adults down, isolate them, and make them dependent on the very people harming them.”
• “Children were separated from their parents, deprived of education, forced into hard labor, subjected to sexualized discipline, and denied basic medical care.” “Surveillance” was constant and obedience to leadership “mandatory.”
• “Defendants conspired to operate … GCCA as a criminal enterprise for the common purpose of exploitation, trafficking, forced labor and sexual abuse.”
• Leaders “staged sham inspections and lied to government officials” who visited the gated compound and instructed members to lie to investigators.
• Ten elders made all decisions regarding labor assignments, childcare, discipline, financial management and medical access. They also determined “romantic partner choices” and which food to eat.
• Members were required to surrender “all money and possessions upon joining” and movement on and off the property was tightly restricted.
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