By our reporter 28.10.2026
Israel Ford the US pastor who proudly revealed his polygamous life to his congregation last Sunday has been accused of sexual assault by his stepdaughter.
Pastor Ford gleefully denounced monogamy as he and his wife Lydia Ford welcomed Shakayla Talley Ford as the third partner in the marriage during church service.
But Lydia Ford’s Kourtney Jones is now causing an internet storm of her own by alleging that Pastor Ford is a sexual predator who preyed on her starting from when she was just 12 years old.
Kourtney Jones who is now 23 said her mother married Pastor Ford in 2013 even though he was married then. And a year after he began to show sexual interest in her.
“At 13 it progressed much more. He would sneak into my room at night and lay with me, only in underwear. He would ask me about sex and what I wanted in a man. He would wake me up and force me to touch him. I would freeze up and dissociate. I lived in my mind because I couldn’t make sense of what I was dealing with,” Kourtney Jones said in a statement circulating online
“I would say horrible things to him, in the hopes to make him feel bad. He ended up telling me he wanted me to say horrible things, so he could feel bad and stop. He knew it was wrong and he admitted it multiple times.
“When I was 15 my grandmother got into a car accident. She was rushed to the hospital, and Israel convinced my mother and sister to stay overnight with her. I knew what was waiting for me at home. That was the first time he attempted to rape me. I fought so hard, I kicked I screamed, I scratched. All while he told me to shut up and stop screaming. How I needed it. That HE needed it. I said horrible things. Told him he wasn’t right to be a pastor, that he was sick in the head, that he was a predator, a pedophile. He enjoyed it. Enjoyed my screams. Enjoyed the fight. I made it out that night, I was lucky to be younger and stronger. But that day changed everything for me.
“The abuse continued until I was 17, when I left the house, and by the grace of God I never returned. Two years later I decided to share with my sister the details of what I went through, more details than I have time to share at this moment. When confronted, my mother revealed that Israel had told her many lies over the years. Saying I was too touchy with him, that I was attracted to him, she needed to “watch out” for me. He knew what he’d done was wrong and he set me up to look like a liar. And my mother, my own flesh and blood believed him. I have not spoken to my mother in 6 years. For my health and my safety. But they have lit up the platform that will host their own demise.”