An embattled Pope Benedict XVI is coming under mounting pressure to deal with the worsening child abuse scandal.

The son of a Destiny Church pastor has been charged with indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl, who was placed in the care of a churchgoer by an organisation run by his mother.

An online auction listing for one of Brian Tamaki's covenant rings says the auction is an opportunity to own "a weird piece of New Zealand history".

'You would be expected to take a bullet to protect your pastor,' a former Destiny Church member who worked as a security guard says.

A good week was when there was enough food on the table for her seven children, or money to buy clothes and school books.

Bishop Brian Tamaki is paid an average of $3000 each time he preaches at a Destiny Church outside of Auckland.

Jos has become an explosive fault line between the country's Muslim-dominated north and predominantly Christian south.

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has denied he feels up against it after an onslaught of publicity following a Brisbane pastor's walk-out.

Former Destiny Church members claim families are pressured to give "love offerings" and other cash donations above the expected 10 per cent tithe.