Michele’s Abuse and Ultimatum

In Part 4 of this series, we learned how Michele lied to her then husband by telling him they were going to a marriage counselor, but instead she took him to an involuntary “cult” counseling session. This counseling session was with a man who has been known to kidnap individuals and conduct involuntary deprogramming.

In this finale part of the series, we will learn how Michele gave her former husband an ultimatum, and finally the abuse that made him just leave.

Despite the betrayal that I experienced, Michele and I continued living together. I had also decided that I wanted to become a Bible teacher. I knew that it would require some extra time studying, but I felt that it was the only thing bringing me joy in my life. I thought that I would take learning the Bible just as if I was in college again, with much studying and learning for the reward of knowledge and insight. I finally felt like I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life.

During this time, I found out from various friends that Michele had been spreading rumors about me and told not only many of my friends, but even my own mother that I was being “brainwashed.” Michele scared my mother tremendously, even going as far as trying to convince my mother that she would never see me again if I remained a member of the Church. One night, my mother showed up at my house unexpectedly, wanting to speak to me. By the end of her visit, Michele admitted that she had told my mother that I was “brainwashed.”

All of Michele’s lies about me were now spread to such an extent that everyone looked at me differently. I was extremely distraught by this. I felt like she was punishing me for my faith by trying to alienate my close friends and family from me with her lies.

Everyone Michele spoke to viewed me, and spoke to me, as if I was someone who could not think or make decisions for myself—when I was always the one that accomplished everything that I worked for. I felt as if I was a prisoner in my own home, and both Michele and I were not having anything positive come out of our marriage. I felt dehumanized by her behavior and, regardless of what I said or did, it was useless because it’s coming from the “brainwashed robot.” It took several years for my mother and me to repair our relationship and for her to feel comfortable about the Church.

The last month that we lived together, Michele and I were no longer on speaking terms and we were sleeping in different rooms. There were many nights when I was so afraid of what Michele might do to me that I would actually wedge up the door at night when I went to sleep. This was not a great way to fall asleep.

Shockingly, this was the only time I can say there was peace in the house. We would go about our own business from day to day, until one night she decided she would give me a final ultimatum: Either I choose her or the Church.

I let her know that under no circumstances would I be leaving my faith. Due to my response, she said I had to take everything and leave that night. I told her strongly that I would do it, but after considering the time of night and that I also paid for that home, I told her that I would not leave that night, but at the end of the month.

At that time she threatened to call the police on me, but I knew I had just as much rights as she did to stay in our home, so I went to my room. She didn’t like my response and forced her way into the room I was now sleeping in. Whenever I tried to speak, she physically attacked me. She physically attacked me twice. I decided to call the police.

The cops showed up and spoke to both of us. We explained the story to the police and Michele never denied hitting me, but still somehow I felt like they had come to speak to me rather than to her. I was insistent on staying in my own home, but the police mentioned that if they had to return due to another complaint, that someone would be going to jail. I understood that me, being the man in the house, even though I was not the one attacking, would more than likely end up going to jail. Since Michele was willing to attack me, I thought she was capable of doing anything. Who knows, she might hit herself and then blame it on me. I decided to leave that night. The police waited for me to get some of my things and walked me out.

That night I stayed at a friend’s house. I never lived under the same room as Michele Colón after that night. She and I arranged for a day that I could come and pick up my things, and I moved out by the end of that week.

Michele continuously sent me more and more defamatory information about the Church. Even though she would say that she missed me or loved me, to tell you the truth, I didn’t feel like she did. I felt that she took it more like a loss against the Church, rather than the loss of her husband.

I look back now and realize that Michele’s strong character seemed to create rocky relationships and conflicts everywhere she went. Her relationship with her family was not the best even before we started attending the Church, and this carried out with other people as well. I recall her getting extremely upset with one of our friends from the dance studio after the woman had given me and her a hug to talk to us. Michele became enraged and forbade me to speak with the woman ever again because she had touched me.

In my time being married to Michele Colón, I came to realize that she is not at all the person she portrays herself to be, or who I originally thought she was. She is sneaky, manipulative and spiteful, and will go to all ends to not let herself be exposed and seen for who she truly is. At the end of the day, her motive is to win. She cannot accept defeat.

I didn’t want to have to do this, I wanted to keep my personal matters private. But I am left with no choice seeing the way Michele misinforms the public about the World Mission Society Church of God and our relationship. If you want to know about the World Mission Society Church of God, go and find out for yourself, don’t listen to people like Michele Colón. Remember, there must be a reason why even though she left, I remained a member. It is because in no other Church have I come to learn the words of God the way I did at the World Mission Society Church of God.

As you can see by Michele Colon’s former husband’s testimony, Michele Colón has not been completely honest about her involvement with the World Mission Society Church of God. When we read the story from him, we can see that Michele could not tolerate her husband’s chosen faith and, instead of accepting him for who he is and what he believes in, she decided to make his life unbearable. She wants to blame the Church for her inability to sustain a healthy marriage, and now she wants to ruin the Church’s reputation. The news outlets that recently featured Ms. Colon failed to tell you the whole story, in favor of sensationalism and shares.

As Michele’s former husband suggested, if you really want to know about the World Mission Society Church of God, please visit the nearest Church to you. Your visit will help you understand what the Church is about, and you will be able to see past the cloud of negativity some try to build around the Church.