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an end to these illegal, unconstitutional state proceedings. I welcome [an]
investigatory
agency of the government as long as they keep their hands and their feet off the
Church property. They have no right to try to run this Church and to take the
property
from the people and from God...Because, Mr. Armstrong did not have this
Apostleship
devolve upon him some forty-six years because God makes a habit of picking the
wrong
people. This piece of paper that you have in front of you was something they
asked
him to sign at 3:30 in the morning in Tucson...He called me at 3:30 in the
morning.
It's all a matter of court record now. And this was the set-up. This is what
he
gave them to expose them. The next day, they came back and the receiver in
front
of Mr. Antion and in front of Mr. Cole and in front of other brethren, and
there's
a transcript and it was taped. He [the receiver] fired Mr. Armstrong, appointed
Wayne Cole as the new head of this Church and with that Mr. Armstrong was able
to
crush the conspiracy. The next day, he disfellowshipped them. In his own
language
to the entirety of the Church.
WALLACE: You say he fired Mr. Armstrong?
RADER: The receiver fired the head of this Church. A man of alien faith, a
totally
alien faith.
WALLACE: When you say 'alien faith'...
RADER: Not of the same faith.
WALLACE: Jewish?
RADER: Makes no difference. He was not a member of our Church. He came out
here
and fired the spiritual head of this Church and then turned around and anointed
Wayne Cole.
(Cameraman cues)
WALLACE: The Attorney General says that California has the right, indeed has
the
duty, to protect the assets of a charitable trust.
RADER: He says much more than that, Mike and I've promised the congregation of
this Church that I'm going to make him eat every one of the words. He has said
the property of the church belongs to the State. He has said the Church belongs
to the State. He has said the Church has no rights, the brethren have no
rights;
the Church doesn't even have a right to defend itself.
WALLACE: I, I, I didn't understand him to say that. I understood him, correct