Advent Talk
Issues & Concerns Category => 3ABN => Topic started by: Gailon Arthur Joy on March 05, 2011, 07:35:49 PM
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LLU University Church Bulletin:Walter Thompson is a retired surgeon, missionary,
and former board chairman of3ABN TV, Lake Geneva, WI [emphasis by writer]
(Additional participants are noted in the “Church Life” section of the bulletin)
An ardent supporter of the "annointed one" and even accused pedophile and Church of God Pastor, Tommy Ray Shelton, and a vicious attacker and determined detractor of Linda Sue Shelton, Dr. Walter Thompson, is said to have resigned as Chairman of 3ABN Board of Directors. His status as a Director is unknown. Thompson has also been an ardent defender of 3ABN’s independence from any form of SDA Church oversight or control.
The 3ABN Board self-perpetuates itself as there is no “membership” to which they are accountable. They each serve three year staggered terms and are limited by constitution to no more than 15 in number.
Thompson has served as Chairman through every major scandal to hit 3ABN in the past twenty years and has been a major ally of Danny Lee Shelton in his bid for control of 3ABN and it’s assets. In his role Thompson perpetually did what he had to do to give 3ABN and Danny Lee Shelton credibility despite a wave of allegations, and repeatedly refused to give any allegation against the anointed one any serious consideration. It was Thompson’s guiding hand that prevented Linda Sue Shelton from having anything close to a fair hearing and wrote a pre-emptive notice of severance with an ultimatum to take the offer to go into exile with only 24 hours to respond to the demand so she could get her severance. The timing of the demand, which would conveniently put her far from the campus during a critical hearing by the special committee created to investigate, and then a pending board of directors meeting which would dismiss her based upon the heavy support of Thompson.
Whenever Danny found himself in a corner he would turn to Thompson to bail him out. When I first began an exchange with DLS via e-mail and was undeterred by his ridiculous threats to file suit, he quickly turned over the communication to Thompson. The results were multiple inconsistencies that could not be explained and eventually resulted in a closing of communications and a refusal to answer any questions.
When Danny Lee Shelton flew to Minnesota to meet with Seigel Brill lawfirm, he stopped to pick up the Chairman, Walter Thompson. Thompson played the keystone roll of answering e-mail questions from contributors and others for the entire litigation process.
As Chairman, he would have been included as a defendant in a pending action by victims of Tommy Lee Shelton’s admitted pedophilia. It is not clear if Thompson was aware of the alleged insubordination of Danny Lee Shelton that followed 3ABN board action that terminated Tommy, but was secretly supporting Tommy with funding and a vehicle to solicit cable systems. We cannot confirm that Thompson knew or endorsed the funding to support a Church of God TV broadcast, including the sending of 3ABN producer/director Brad Walker to assist Tommy in his programming pursuits for the Dun Loring Church of God.
We do know that following Tommy’s resignation from Dun Loring Church of God, Thompson was clearly aware that Tommy had been rehired to work on the film library and to play piano for Kid’s Time with Brenda Walsh. And we also know that he supported moving Tommy into a large part of Linda Sue Shelton’s job as program director.
In summary, Thompson allowed an accused pedophile and non-SDA take a key position as program Director and caste aside Linda Sue Shelton without any due process. And to try and quash the investigation that was turning up more problems than even 3ABN could handle, he clearly authorized and endorsed 3ABN vs Joy, a lawsuit they could not win and he eventually dismissed and is currently in appeal.
We sincerely look forward to a day when the entire Shelton/Thompson influence and the 3ABN board are all retired or forced out and 3ABN is safely in the hands of the “stockholders in the pews”.
Gailon Arthur Joy, AUReporter
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Danny Lee Shelton and 3ABN would never be the same without Walt
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Oh dear, where will Danny find another :puppykisses: to do all Danny's dirty work for him.
Just a thought.....
Just because he is not Chair, doesn't mean he won't be on board. He is too valuable for Danny to lose him. Danny needs Walt closer than ever now.
Or...
mabe they think Walt leaving the Chair that he can't be supeno'ed (spelling?) gotta be a reason for it.
Danny NEVER does anything without long time planning.
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Think it is possible Dr Walter Thompson finally saw the light??? Just a thought!!!
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
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Think it is possible Dr Walter Thompson finally saw the light??? Just a thought!!!
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
If he has, he can pick up the phone, give us a call, and apologize for suing us.
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I would prefer it in writing!!!
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
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Has anyone discovered when he resigned - or if there is a mistake in the Loma Linda Bulletin?
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We are told he was announced the same way from the podium.
We have not gotten written confirmation yet but notice that Sir Mizer et al have not refuted the allegation.
I am sure we will soon have evidence if he is not Chair, and maybe even if he is still on the board.
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
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Do you think there is any significance to the changes in 3ABN status of Walt Thompson and Ken Denslow, both appearing to occur so recently?
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Well, GC becomes aware of the demand letter from Manly to 3ABN; Suddenly, Ken Denslow is lifted out of Illinois and made Special asst to the Pres. a role that usually is a step into a Union Presidency.
Now Denslow is a man who has repeatedly rejected truth in exchange for the political value of peace and tranquility. Personally, I look forward to his name in the masthead of a complaint for the failure to DIRECT and the liability that comes with it. And that goes for the rest of the miscreants as well.
If you want an excellent example of what can happen to a failed board and their ultimate liability, try In Re: Boston Regional Medical Center. The beginning of the story is in "Who Watches, Who cares" by Hackleman. The rest of the story has not been written but GC covered denominational employees only...the rest had to pay their own defense and negotiate their efforts to avoid personal bankruptcy. When you are on a board, you have liability for significant error and ommission as well as culpability for failure to exercise proper oversight - but here I am getting ahead of our next release. ON A BOARD...THINK TWICE!!!
Watch closely as we watch lots of rats leave a sinking ship, but the life boats will beach on Manly/Anderson Island. If they have any sense, Manly and Anderson will attack and pin them down on the beaches and pick their pockets clean...the best kind of OPM...Robin Hood style.
I also predict GC gets the peices to cover their indemnity agreement.
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
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Well, GC becomes aware of the demand letter from Manly to 3ABN; Suddenly, Ken Denslow is lifted out of Illinois and made Special asst to the Pres. a role that usually is a step into a Union Presidency.
Interesting!
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Convenience transfers?
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Update:
The best information currently available, unconfirmed by corporate filings, is that Dr Thompson has resigned as Chairman of 3ABN, but remains on the 3ABN Board of Directors at this time.
There is no confirmation regarding who the new chairman might be, whether the board has acted on the resignation, or even if the they held a special meeting to deal with this crisis in management. There is also no available comment regarding the reason for this sudden resignation after more than 20 years of gross mismanagement.
It is two months to the next regularly scheduled Board Meeting and they are surprisingly quiet on the issue.
We await further comment, clarification and the "Official" reasons for the resignation.
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
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Is this his way of trying to get out at what's coming? :console: Sorry, not going to work Doc.
Why don't you do yourself a favor and call EACH and EVERY victim and apologize for not doing your job! May God have mercy on your soul when you face him on judgement day!
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I'll second that Motion...just been five years getting here, but it is the HERE and THE NOW!!
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
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Interesting things happening at 3ABN.
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Interesting happening at 3ABN.
It will soon be much more interesting and not just for 3ABN...as an old friend use to so frequently use to end his conversations: "Hold onto your wallet and do go home the same way twice!!!
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
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What else besides 3ABN, Gailon?
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Let's sum it up with the simple comment that Tommy Ray Shelton is not the only "sexual predator" active in the Adventist communities, and he is not even an SDA. And sexual predators are not only gay , but can be straight and in positions of power as in "sexual harrasment" cases. Remember, we interviewed over two dozen parties with potential complaints but would not give us a signed affidavit. And they were not all gay parties nor did they stop with Tommy Ray Shelton complaints. We did not offer any money for the statements nor were we able to offer litigation services. at the time we had a limited agenda. That agenda has now substantially expanded.
Think about this type of complaint...if you are being charged with Racketeering, then it does take TWO (2) at least to TANGO, or is that to be corrupt??? The problem with these kinds of complaints is that discovery quickly leads to evidence of other parties. We have already found other players...and what role do other players have in the "cover-up" or corruption?
And once the entity is charged, you would not believe how many victims come out of the wood-work and then other players are discovered and more victims will be drawn out by the promise of money...money talks!!! And 3ABN has a board of very powerful and financially vulnerable directors, some of them tied to the SDA Church and other boards. In racketerring complaints, you follow the players and players lead to other plaintiffs and other pools of money. Can be a never ending cycle!!!
I told you, it would have been wise for Adventist Risk Management to have jumped into this and do a "comprehensive settlement". The "stick your head in the sand" approach usually leads to a good kick in the tail-end and sometimes in VERY unpleasant ways...I declare in this one the cost may reach upwards of five times current demand before it is over. Yes, that is a mid to low nine (9) figure cost before the war is over.
While we do not have a "priest-hood" we do have pastors, teachers, administrators and staffers who are human, all too human, and these opening of pandora's box will prove very expensive. Mitch Garabedian started with just one client after Senator Scott Brown disclosed in early March he had been molested at a christian summer camp on Cape Cod in Mass. Garabedian filed a complaint, hit the news circuit and the number is now eighteen (18) and growing and involves more than just the "camp" and it's sponsors. One of the abusers has already committed suicide and his mother has publicly stated she had called the "camp" and it's "sponsors" to warn that her son was a child pedophile and was afraid he was "active". You can expect the complaint will soon be ammended and new defendants will be added. The second pedophile is still alive and well and yet to be deposed for "employment" history. A leads to B, leads to C, leads to infinity. Get the point?
Why are Anderson and Manly in Ireland? Let's just say that "RACKETEERING" complaints frequently get ammended or lead to more than one complaint. The evidence is that the Irish Holy Roman Church was a co-conspirator in the "racketeering".
At 3ABN two will lead to TRS, DLS, and an entire board that has repeatedly stuck their head in the sand. But, we have hundreds of other children who have yet to be presented with opportunities to file complaints. And then, while pedophilia is a problem at 3ABN, the officers and directors of 3ABN and the Churches of God, there are sexual harassment claims that are yet to be vetted. And they had a predator entity for sexual harassment complaints with some interlocking board/officers sponsored right on the campus for years that have ignored some key complaints. And there are officers and directors in SDA conferences and unions and divisions that have also ignored the warnings. And how about our institutions…how many hospitals, colleges, academies and camps do we sponsor?
This will become a witch hunt before it is over and with the “special tithe” having been expended by and large, we will have our hands full containing the bleed…and we have the son of the GC President that proclaimed to a Federal Court that we are the largest Hierarchy next to the Holy Roman Church…and who has been actively consolidating conservative power into a well heeled hierarchy …so, you can see why we are now in the crosshairs!!! Not the notoriety we were looking for, but we will achieve!!!
Ignorance is suppose to be bliss…but it can also cost a load of money…particularly when you have ignored the warnings!!!
Gailon Arthur Joy
AUReporter
What else besides 3ABN, Gailon?