River Valley Church appears to tolerate and defend sexual sin

After detailing the married woman’s supremely calculated sexual tongue extensions towards me, in a lengthy email I sent to all River Valley pastors, Chris Book responded by informing me that church leadership was “satisfied that nothing inappropriate happened” and exhorted me to pursue the matter no further. He also asked me to cease and desist from all contact with the woman and her husband.

God is the all-seeing Judge. He knows what the married manager of Mike Kelley’s Sylvan St. Paul center did to me on on 2.4.19 and knows it was extremely inappropriate.

This makes River Valley Church an organization that tolerates and defends sexual sin.

Chris Book, executive pastor of River Valley Church

Negative Indeed review for Mike Kelley’s Sylvan Learning St. Paul: Mr. Kelley is only interested in money

Sylvan Learning Center

Sylvan Learning Center Director Review

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Aweful Management

Director (Former Employee) – Saint Paul, MN – July 15, 2019

Only think about the dollar signs. Not the students. It was all about the money. Too many webinars, phone conferences, and meetings. Didnt allow us to get our workdone in a timelt fashion. For a company that is supposed to be about families and youth they do not consider their own staff’s family.

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Work/Life Balance

1.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

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Compensation/Benefits

2.0 out of 5 stars for Compensation/Benefits

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Job Security/Advancement

1.0 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement

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Management

1.0 out of 5 stars for Management

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Culture

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The review above is not my experience with Michael Kelley, but it closely mirrors mine. I also had to partake in trainings and similar wastes of time.

Online reviews aren’t objective and tend to be positively skewed, hence the need for a more inclusive and fair representation of reviews left for the Sylvan Center where I worked.

Summary of my grievance against Mike Kelley

I endured unwanted tongue gestures four times at Sylvan Learning Center in St. Paul, MN, from two employees. The last incident occurred during a meeting held to resolve the first three, and this came after the second employee, a manager, was apprised of similar unwanted gestures occurring to me more frequently than average.