Bankrupt church wants donations for pastor’s sick wife ferried in limo

yahoo.com ^ | 11.4.11

[InvisibleChurch]

Some members of a bankrupt Orange County, Calif. megachurch are expressing outrage after fielding an email request for congregants to deliver food to waiting limos so that it can ferried to the founder's sick wife. The appeal comes weeks after a lawsuit charged that the founder of the Crystal Cathedral house of worship, Rev. Robert Schuller, and his family had been paying themselves lavish salaries and other benefits while the church was in financial straits.

"They've completely depleted the church's funds," one member, Bob Canfield, told the Orange County Register. "But they have shown that they have absolutely no remorse for what they've done. They're still being chauffeured around in limos. We, the congregants, have nothing."

An email sent recently by Crystal Cathedral administrators said that Schuller and his wife, Arvella, "would appreciate meals over the next three to four weeks." It added: "They are to be sent to the church in order to be transported to Arvella. The limo drivers could pick up the dinners or meet in the Tower Lobby around 4:30 p.m."

[jocon307]

I am so happy my mother in law did not live to see this. She was very devoted to Schuller and the Crystal Cathedral and this would have really hurt her.

[MSF BU]

He had a great progam compared to the rest of the Sudnay morning fare and had he been simply a newscaster he’d probably have done very well; certainly he was a superb salesman.