Comments on: Conversations with God http://editorseye.com/WordPress/2007/11/29/conversations-with-god/ i run my own damn think tank Sat, 19 May 2012 04:30:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Thou shall not steal | Twelfth Bough http://editorseye.com/WordPress/2007/11/29/conversations-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Thou shall not steal | Twelfth Bough Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:56:50 +0000 http://editorseye.com/WordPress/?p=129#comment-233 [...] You may recall the stories about Oral Roberts University former president, Richard Roberts, and his scandalous behavior. I wrote about it here. He resigned (because God told him to) but displayed no remorse and denied any wrongdoing. Check out this story from the AP: [...] [...] You may recall the stories about Oral Roberts University former president, Richard Roberts, and his scandalous behavior. I wrote about it here. He resigned (because God told him to) but displayed no remorse and denied any wrongdoing. Check out this story from the AP: [...]

]]> By: Televangelist Update | Twelfth Bough http://editorseye.com/WordPress/2007/11/29/conversations-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Televangelist Update | Twelfth Bough Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:09:04 +0000 http://editorseye.com/WordPress/?p=129#comment-172 [...] I wrote about Richard Roberts a few weeks back. He’s quite a doozy. Former regent Harry McNevin, who resigned 20 years ago over what he says was excessive spending by Oral and Richard Roberts, said Thursday’s resignations couldn’t have come soon enough. [...] [...] I wrote about Richard Roberts a few weeks back. He’s quite a doozy. Former regent Harry McNevin, who resigned 20 years ago over what he says was excessive spending by Oral and Richard Roberts, said Thursday’s resignations couldn’t have come soon enough. [...]

]]> By: Marlena http://editorseye.com/WordPress/2007/11/29/conversations-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Marlena Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:46:11 +0000 http://editorseye.com/WordPress/?p=129#comment-74 Wow. Thanks for the supporting detail. What was God thinking??? Wow. Thanks for the supporting detail. What was God thinking???

]]> By: malcontent http://editorseye.com/WordPress/2007/11/29/conversations-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-73 malcontent Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:28:31 +0000 http://editorseye.com/WordPress/?p=129#comment-73 AP wire tidbits that have since been scrubbed The amended complaint also included an internal ministry report, titled “Scandal Vulnerability Assessment,” documenting allegations of misconduct by the university and the Roberts family. Only a partial report was included in the Oct. 2 lawsuit. The more detailed account alleges Richard Roberts’ wife, Lindsay, spent the night in the ORU guest house with an underage male “on nine separate occasions,” and was photographed 29 times with an underage male in her sports car, among other allegations. =============== An ORU student repairing [the laptop of Stephanie Cantese, Richard Roberts’ sister-in-law] discovered the document and later provided a copy to one of the professors. It details dozens of alleged instances of misconduct. Among them: A longtime maintenance employee was fired so that an underage male friend of Mrs. Roberts could have his position. Mrs. Roberts — who is a member of the board of regents and is referred to as ORU’s “first lady” on the university’s [sic] Web site — frequently had cell-phone bills of more than $800 per month, with hundreds of text messages sent between 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. to “underage males who had been provided phones at university expense.” ============== The university jet was used to take one daughter and several friends on a senior trip to Orlando, Fla., and the Bahamas. The $29,411 trip was billed to the ministry as an “evangelistic function of the president.” ============== Mrs. Roberts spent more than $39,000 at one Chico’s clothing store alone in less than a year, and had other accounts in Texas and California. She also repeatedly said, “As long as I wear it once on TV, we can charge it off.” (Matthew 6:5) The document cites inconsistencies in clothing purchases and actual usage on TV. ============== University and ministry employees are regularly summoned to the Roberts’ home to do the daughters’ homework. ============================================== Sounds like a scorched earth policy as far as their rule book goes. AP wire tidbits that have since been scrubbed

The amended complaint also included an internal ministry report, titled “Scandal Vulnerability Assessment,” documenting allegations of misconduct by the university and the Roberts family. Only a partial report was included in the Oct. 2 lawsuit.

The more detailed account alleges Richard Roberts’ wife, Lindsay, spent the night in the ORU guest house with an underage male “on nine separate occasions,” and was photographed 29 times with an underage male in her sports car, among other allegations.
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An ORU student repairing [the laptop of Stephanie Cantese, Richard Roberts’ sister-in-law] discovered the document and later provided a copy to one of the professors.

It details dozens of alleged instances of misconduct. Among them:

A longtime maintenance employee was fired so that an underage male friend of Mrs. Roberts could have his position.
Mrs. Roberts — who is a member of the board of regents and is referred to as ORU’s “first lady” on the university’s [sic] Web site — frequently had cell-phone bills of more than $800 per month, with hundreds of text messages sent between 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. to “underage males who had been provided phones at university expense.”
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The university jet was used to take one daughter and several friends on a senior trip to Orlando, Fla., and the Bahamas. The $29,411 trip was billed to the ministry as an “evangelistic function of the president.”
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Mrs. Roberts spent more than $39,000 at one Chico’s clothing store alone in less than a year, and had other accounts in Texas and California. She also repeatedly said, “As long as I wear it once on TV, we can charge it off.” (Matthew 6:5) The document cites inconsistencies in clothing purchases and actual usage on TV.
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University and ministry employees are regularly summoned to the Roberts’ home to do the daughters’ homework.

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Sounds like a scorched earth policy as far as their rule book goes.

]]> By: malcontent http://editorseye.com/WordPress/2007/11/29/conversations-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-72 malcontent Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:13:03 +0000 http://editorseye.com/WordPress/?p=129#comment-72 From what I understand, the fiscal irresponsibilities were the tip of the iceberg at ORU. His wife stands accused of regularly shopping for "pool-boys" on campus and evidence has been presented that can cast the Roberts household as avery happening, if not quite conforming to their public morals, den of sin. I'm not sure if it more Mrs. Wormer or Mrs. Robinson but I do know they'd rather let this one pass them by, tout de suite. From what I understand, the fiscal irresponsibilities were the tip of the iceberg at ORU. His wife stands accused of regularly shopping for “pool-boys” on campus and evidence has been presented that can cast the Roberts household as avery happening, if not quite conforming to their public morals, den of sin.

I’m not sure if it more Mrs. Wormer or Mrs. Robinson but I do know they’d rather let this one pass them by, tout de suite.

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