Minister of Mayhem: The True Story of Brazil's Most Dangerous Woman of God

In the sprawling favelas of Rio de Janeiro, a young girl watches her siblings die one by one-victims of poverty, violence, and a world that treats the poor as disposable. But Flordelis dos Santos de Souza refuses to become another statistic. Instead, she transforms her trauma into something far more dangerous: divine authority.By day, she's Brazil's beloved "Mother of the Motherless"-a gospel sensation who adopts 51 children and builds a religious empire worth millions. Television cameras capture her tender moments with rescued street children. Politicians seek her endorsement. Millions of evangelicals worship her as a living saint.But behind the compound's high walls, a different reality unfolds.Children disappear into a rigid hierarchy where love is conditional and obedience is absolute. "Spiritual cleansing" sessions leave psychological scars that may never heal. Those who question her authority simply... vanish from family photos.When her husband Anderson threatens to expose decades of financial fraud and systematic abuse, Flordelis faces her greatest test. Can someone who has convinced the world-and herself-that she speaks for God justify the ultimate sin?The answer comes at 11:45 PM on June 16, 2019, in a hail of twenty-three bullets.But even murder cannot silence the voices she tried to control. As investigators peel back layers of religious manipulation and political corruption, they uncover a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of Brazilian society. Congressional immunity becomes her final shield-until her own children find the courage to speak a truth that will shatter a nation's faith.Minister of Mayhem exposes how absolute power corrupts absolutely, even when wielded in God's name. It's the shocking true story of Brazil's most celebrated saint-and its most dangerous criminal.Some monsters wear halos. Some saviors destroy everything they touch.Discover the chilling truth behind Brazil's most shocking religious scandal. Read Minister of Mayhem and witness how a woman's quest for salvation became a reign of terror that fooled an entire nation.

• | Author: Suzanne B. Huff
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00212 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798290223322