Is that date correct? Hadn't the Weinstein allegations already broke by May of 2017?
The Melanin-harvesting ideas are strawman disinformation. Its a molecule that is relatively easy to harvest from bacteria. It costs $400/gram because it is a relatively low demand research compound. It is completely illogical to think that organizing a human trafficking ring to harvest it would be more efficient than using common industrial bacterial breeder/reactor equipment if there were mass demand for it for any purpose.
Whatever your immigration status is, you deserve due process. If a church is helping its members access due process, it is well within its mandate. If they want to make political statements, they can do that to. We have to protect free speech that we don't like too.