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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, January 11, 1980
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in breaking God's law...and in the process lose the ben � fit
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of the promises
God has made to us about that which counts the most, which is our eternal
salvation and the World Tomorrow and all that goes with it."
Two Hour TV Question-and-Answer Session
Mr. Rader mentioned that he recently completed a two-hour taping in our
own television studio where he sat down and answered, "off the top," any
questions that were posed to him by one of our TV crew. He covered a
broad spectrum of issues and rehearsed his own relationship to the Work
and how it came about, as well as some history of the Work and matters
relating to the lawsuit that may still be a question to some. Usage of
this material will be determined by future needs. However, segments of
the taping totaling about 30 minutes were shown at the anniversary Sabbath
services just prior to Mr. Armstrong's sermon.
Mr. Armstrong Speaks to Combined Sabbath Service LIVE
Though physically in Tucson, Mr. Herbert Armstrong was also present in
Pasadena via the marvel of microwave transmission. As the main speaker the
brethren had come to see and hear during this memorable anniversary week
end, Mr. Armstrong spoke to the over 5000 brethren who were assembled on
campus, filling both gyms, the Student Center, Recital Hall , classrooms,
as well as the Auditorium. We will not preempt Mr. Armstrong by summariz
ing what he said since his powerful sermon will be sent to all the churches
that w-ere not able to hear him speak live from Tucson.
CHURCH LAWYERS TAKING RECENT COURT RULING TO HIGHER COURT
As his last official action pertaining to the State of California's law
suit against the Church (just before his transfer to another department
in L.A. Superior Court at the close of last year), Judge Thomas Johnson
ruled on a motion our lawyers had before the court. The Church's attorneys
had requested that the court quash the subpoena issued by the Attorney
General's office which demanded that one of the auditors for the receiver
turn over to the Attorney General copies of Church records in the auditor's
possession. On December 31st, Judge Johnson refused to quash the Attorney
General's subpoena.
The documents and records, numbering nearly seven thousand (perhaps running
into the tens of thousands of pages) were wrongfully confiscated from the
Church during the receivership last January and February. So Church
attorneys are taking the matter to a higher court now. But if the court
order is permitted to stand it will make a mockery of our first amendment
and other constitutional rights. These precious rights will have been
effectively wrested from the Church and made of none effect in America!
A previously court-ordered inventory of the documents being held by the
auditors proves that they include not only financial records and documents
which the Church insists they have no right to, but indisputably constitu
tionally-protected personal letters between ministers, between ministers
and lay members; between attorneys, between attorneys and their clients,
etc. If these are allowed to go to a public agency, such as the Attorney
General's office, they will become public record and no longer protected
by the laws of confidentiality. Th:s �s �learlv another serious breach
of the law which our brethren need to be pr-ayi_ng about.