Nation A church needed money, so members held homeless people captive and forced them to beg: Feds September 11, 2019 N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Comments Off on A church needed money, so members held homeless people captive and forced them to beg: Feds A dozen leaders of a California-based church lured homeless people into group homes and forced them to panhandle, according to an indictment.