Shock in Yerushalayim: Shabbos Goy Who Drives Women to Hospital on Shabbos Is a Missionary

Following reports of missionaries in dressing up as chareidim, revealed in recent months by Yad L’Achim, another shocking story has surfaced: A non-Jewish woman who drives expectant chareidi women to the hospital on Shabbos turns out to be a missionary in her spare time.

The problem came to light last week when an avreich from Yerushalayim called Yad L’Achim asking for help. His wife had seemed worried and distracted for several weeks and finally revealed to him that she was on the verge of converting to Christianity.

When he pressed for details, he learned that a Christian missionary by the name of Jan Comeaux had taken advantage of his wife’s distress and fragile condition in the wake of recent trauma to get her to convert.

Yad L’Achim quickly opened an investigation and learned that Comeaux is an American Christian in Israel under dubious circumstances. The investigation also revealed that Comeaux, who has knowledge of alternative medicine, presents herself as an expert in trauma therapy and healing. She makes herself available to women in need of support and an attentive ear; what starts out as emotional/psychological therapy quickly turns into intensive preaching.

Comeaux also serves as a non-Jewish driver for chareidi women needing to deliver on Shabbos.

Yad L’Achim obtained testimony in which Comeaux tells her missionary church of how she preaches to women in distress. When people speak to her about questions in faith, she speaks to them about faith in Yeshu. She says that she convinces them to believe in him by loving them and teaching them. “They don’t realize that I am bringing them to Yeshu.”

One of the women subjected to this treatment presented a special affidavit to Yad L’Achim, which concluded with a heart-rending appeal: “Please, see to it that she doesn’t continue to take advantage of her illegal stay in Israel to harm innocent citizens and cause the break-up of families.”