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P�STOR'S REPORT, April 17, 1979
Page 7
Could it be that the Attorney General's office is now in so deep that
they are going to continue raiding what some consider out-of-the-main
stream churches in the hopes they wil l find something somewhere to justify
their outrageous actions?
Church asks stay of receivership
pending review
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The
Worldwide Church of God asked
the California Supreme Court
Thursday for an immediate stay
of financial receivership proceed
ings until
the U.S. Supreme Court
acts on its request for a reviewof
the matter.
The state tribunal on March 22
denied a request to overturn Los
Angeles Superior Court orders on
Jan. 19 appointing a receiver to
manage the church's finances
and on March 12 reimposing
receiver ship without notice,
hearin,;c or evidence.
The - Pasadena-based church
said it is going to the U.S. Su
preme Court "to protect and
es tablish Fi r s t Amendment
rights violated by the Jan. 19 and
March 12orders."
The church also claimed the
lawsuit and receivership was
causing continuing financial Inju
ry
to
the church in excess of SS
million
a
year.
The Attorney General's office.
acting on behalf of complaints
that funds were allegedly beinc
�iphoned from the church, filed
suit Jan. 2 asJting for
an
account
ing from church offici als, re
placement of directors, appoint-
ment
of a receiver and an injunc
tion against individual defen
dants.
The church said the first re
ceiver asked for fees and costs of
$235,000 "every penny of which
was incurred for 'services· in
flictoo on the churcli against its
will and to its injury."
These "services,'' it alleged,
included storming the premises
Jan. 3, confiscating and removing
thousands of documents without
inventory and destroying the
churclr'S' pt'ffioU&.lJ- excellent
financial standin«.
(Editor's Note: The above AP news release appeared in the Pasadena
Star-News on Friday, April 13.)