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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, July 25, 1980
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MR. RADER ADDRESSES ASSOCIATED PRESS SEMINAR
Stanley R. Rader spoke by invitation at a seminar of the California
Associated Press (AP) Television and Radio Association on the Ambassador
College campus July 20. Twenty-six news editors, reporters and AP
staffers gathered in the faculty dining room of the college Student
Center to hear Mr. Rader and ask questions.
Fielding questions in the informal session, Mr. Rader discussed the
Church's legal case with the California attorney general. He went "on
record" stating that he believed the attorney general to be ''the most
corrupt man I ever met," adding that he had met a wide range of people
from all over the globe. Mr. Rader emphasized to the assembled group of
newsmen and newswomen that California's chief attorney will "lie, invent
and slander."
Citing a case in point, Mr. Rader reported that the attorney general is
still filing briefs declaring Mr. Rader to be a senior partner of the
Church's former auditing firm of Rader, Cornwall, Kessler and Palazzo.
Mr. Rader stated that the assertion was "slanderous," as he has not held
any interest in the firm for several years.
[Editor's note: This was
established in Judge Title's court before the Attorney General and
reporters present in January 1979!]
Mr. Rader noted that the attorney
general's claim was blatantly "false," as Mr. Rader's certified public
accountant (CPA) certificate shows he is not now a practicing accountant.
Mr. Rader commenting about the new corporation sole and termination of
employees from the Worldwide Church of God, Inc. (a California corpora
tion), explained that "as God's stewards we must protect God's assets."
Asked why funds were sent to Herbert W. Armstrong in Tucson, Arizona
instead of the Church, Mr. Rader said Church members weren't sending
their tithes to a name, but were forwarding their money to "God's Apostle,
Christ's personal representative on earth." He added that the switch
from mailing funds to Pasadena to Tucson was "no secret," that the member
ship had, in fact, been doing it for nearly 18 months.
Asked why Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong won't grant interviews,
Mr. Rader responded with a question of his own:
"Do you think Herbert
Armstrong has ever gotten a fair break from the press?" He said the
last time Mr. Armstrong granted an interview was in 1972, when the Pastor
General was interviewed by Time magazine. The published article was
derogatory, and Mr. Rader joked that Mr. Armstrong had never let him for
get that he had advised that the interview be granted. Mr. Rader also
quoted at length from his book, Against the Gates of Hell, which contains
the "60 Minutes" transcript of Mike Wallace posing the Sdme question. Mr.
Rader also pointed out that Mr. Armstrong allowed the press to film and
tape the 1979 Ministerial Conference in Tucson, even allowing them back
stage.
After the meeting closed, the Association's president, Pete Yackley, posed
additional questions to Mr. Rader in a personal interview.
AP correspon
dent Laurinda Keys, a reporter active in coverage of the Church's case
for the AP national wire service, was also present. After the luncheon
she queried Ralph K. Helge, who was also invited to the seminar.
The AP personnel are employed as radio and television corrunentators and
newscasters around the state of California, and assembled on the campus