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PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 2, NO. 47
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 19, 1978
CLEARING THE AIR ON A SERIOUS RUMOR
we regret that it is necessary to advise you of another problem we
have uncovered.
Let us first say that it is not God's way to accuse. It is not
God's way to make public accusations against an individual. God's
way is to forgive when a person repents and to cover the wrong.
This is what we tried to do.
However, sometimes it is necessary to bring up facts when a failure
to do so will perhaps lead some people to fall away from God's
Truth. It is to protect the flock that we bring you this information.
Ted Armstrong has been disseminating false and defamatory rumors
designed to destroy this work. The latest accusation concerns
Mr. Ray Wright and the financial aspects of God's Work. To save
some of the brethren, who may be weak in the faith, from falling
away due to not having all the facts, we must again set the record
straight.
These are the facts: Ted Armstrong, when he was serving in the
office of Executive Vice President of the Church and President
of the College, was the direct overseer of God's money. He author
ized a member of his staff, Mr. Raymond L. Wright, to misuse monies
that the faithful members of God's family had contributed. And,
so none of you will doubt, we have that written authorization in
our possession.
Ted Armstrong authorized Mr. Wright to pay secretly, out of Church
funds, God's money to a private corporation owned by Mr. Wright
and Robert Kuhn in Texas. Ted Armstrong's act of authorizing such
payment of Church funds laid the foundation and permitted a greater
misuse of God's tithe money in subsequent months.
In spite of the clandestine procedures involved, the scheme was
uncovered during an audit by Mr. Jack Kessler, and others on the
internal auditing staff.
But there is good news in the final analysis. The experience has
served to prove the effectiveness of God's auditing procedures
and we are pleased to report that by virtue of swift legal action
having been taken, God's work has been able to either recover God's
tithe money or obtain adequate assurance of its repayment.
The two men still in God's Work have repented of their involvement
in this matter. And when a man repents of his sins God forgives
him of the spiritual wrong. He separates his sin as far as East
is from the west and he stands clean and forgiven before God.
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