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Post by vufan75 on Oct 5, 2007 18:09:09 GMT -5
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Post by valpotx on Oct 5, 2007 22:58:01 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAHA, I think this is so ironic coming from a big time religious school....
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Post by vufan75 on Oct 6, 2007 7:20:12 GMT -5
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Post by vufan75 on Oct 18, 2007 7:35:21 GMT -5
An AP News report with the latest happenings at ORU and with their president taking a leave of abscence.
Oral Roberts University president asks to take leave after accusations
Lawsuit alleges Richard Roberts misspent donors' money and was illegally involved in political campaign
October 18, 2007
BY Justin Juozapavicius The Associated Press
TULSA, Okla. - Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts asked for and was granted a leave of absence Wednesday amid accusations of lavish spending at donors' expense and illegal involvement in a political campaign.
The 58-year-old son of the evangelist who founded the school said he would continue in his role as chairman and chief executive of Oral Roberts Ministries and decried what he said were untrue allegations.
"I don't know how long this leave of absence will last, but I fully trust the members of the Board of Regents," Roberts said in a news release issued by the university. "I pray and believe that in God's timing, and when the Board feels that it is appropriate, I will be back at my post as president."
The board said Billy Joe Daugherty, the senior pastor of Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, will temporarily assume the president's duties with help from Oral Roberts, 89, who is chancellor of the 5,700-student university but has left day-to-day operations to his son.
An Oct. 2 lawsuit filed by three former ORU professors says they were wrongfully dismissed and accuses Roberts of misspending at donors' expense, including numerous home remodels and a senior trip to the Bahamas for one daughter on the ministry's dime.
It also accuses Roberts of illegal involvement in a local political campaign, which would jeopardize the university's nonprofit status.
The professors say they were forced out after turning over this information to the ORU Board of Regents.
George Pearsons, the board's chairman, said he will meet Friday with the outside firm charged with investigating the allegations.
"Nothing is being swept under the rug, nothing is being hidden," he said late Wednesday.
The professors' suit was amended last week to include new allegations that documents were shredded and destroyed days after the initial lawsuit was filed, and hours after ORU and Richard Roberts fired the school's comptroller.
The amended complaint also included an internal ministry report, titled "Scandal Vulnerability Assessment," documenting allegations of misconduct by the university and the Roberts family. Only a partial report was included in the Oct. 2 lawsuit.
The more detailed account alleges Richard Roberts' wife, Lindsay, spent the night in the ORU guest house with an underage male "on nine separate occasions," and was photographed 29 times with an underage male in her sports car, among other allegations.
The internal report was prepared by Stephanie Cantees, Richard Roberts' sister-in-law. An ORU spokesman said Cantees would not comment on the report.
An ORU student repairing Cantees' laptop discovered the document and later provided a copy to one of the dismissed professors.
In a statement issued Saturday, Lindsay Roberts said, "I live my life in a morally upright manner and throughout my marriage have never, ever engaged in any sexual behavior with any man outside of my marriage as the accusations imply."
"The last three weeks have taken a serious toll on me and my family," Richard Roberts said in the news release Wednesday. "The untrue allegations have struck a terrible blow in my heart. The untrue allegations of sexual misconduct by my wife have hurt the most."
Gary Richardson, attorney for the dismissed professors, said his clients "stand ready and prepared at the appropriate time to prove the truth of those allegations, and also prove the truth of the fact they were fired after providing the information off Stephanie Cantees' computer to the Board of Regents.
"I want to know why they fired these guys," Richardson said.
Oral Roberts, who lives in California, said last week that the allegations against his family had blindsided him, "but we have been through some tough experiences in building Oral Roberts University in the 1960s, and we have surprised them all and have built a university that we believe is for the glory of God."
The Roberts family ministry grew from Southern tent revivals to one of the most successful evangelical empires in the country, hauling in tens of millions of dollars in contributions a year. The university reported nearly $76 million in revenue in 2005, according to the IRS.
The elder Roberts founded the school, known for its 60-foot-tall bronze sculpture of praying hands, in 1963. He famously told viewers in 1987 that God told him to raise $8 million for the university or he would be "called home."
The week the lawsuit was filed, Richard Roberts said at a chapel service that God told him to deny the allegations. He said God told him: "We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit ... is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion."
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Post by movalpofan on Nov 23, 2007 22:51:43 GMT -5
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Post by stlvufan on Nov 24, 2007 18:57:02 GMT -5
From the article:
The professors also alleged that Richard Roberts required students in a government class to work on 2006 Tulsa mayoral candidate Randi Miller's campaign.
Roberts publicly endorsed Miller, but said then that he was doing so as a private citizen and not as a university representative.
Whether it's fair or not, Richard, it really doesn't work that way, and you should know that. I once had a pastor who was asked to sign a Nuclear Freeze ad that was going to appear in the local paper, and inspite of his feelings of support for the the cause, he declined because when his name appears in public like that, you simply can't say "Well, I didn't do it as pastor, I only did it as a private citizen." It just doesn't work that way. |
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Post by justafan on Nov 28, 2007 9:29:42 GMT -5
They announced today that a family will donate $ 70 million to OR in order to" right the ship". They own a christian bookstore chain & have no other relationship to OR. Wonder if they would be interested in donating to a good christian school doing things the right way...would sure help the Fitt program.
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Post by fwalum on Nov 28, 2007 11:16:40 GMT -5
They announced today that a family will donate $ 70 million to OR in order to" right the ship". They own a christian bookstore chain & have no other relationship to OR. Wonder if they would be interested in donating to a good christian school doing things the right way...would sure help the Fitt program. More info on this here www.saveoru.com www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=071128_238_A1_hFami82066Seems they started Hobby Lobby. |
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Post by milwvu04 on Nov 28, 2007 18:24:58 GMT -5
Who is Mart Green?
Home: Yukon
Family: Married to Diana Green for 25 years.They have four children.
Hobby Lobby: His father, David Green, started the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores in the family living room in 1972 with $600.The chain now has more than 350 stores.
Mardel: Mart Green established the Christian and educational supply store in 1981, when he was 19.The chain now has 26 stores.
Bearing Fruit Communications: Green founded the nonprofit media company charged with ‘‘making known the relevance of God’s word for today’s world.’’
Every Tribe Entertainment: Green founded the full-feature film production company in 2002. The company’s movie, ‘‘End of the Spear,’’ was released in 2006 and won the grand prize at the Heartland Film Festival.
End of the Spear That was a decent flick that was in limited release in theaters and is now on DVD. A group of missionaries are killed by a tribe and the now-grown children of the missionaries return to the tribe years later to befriend them. edit {...to befriend the tribe that killed the missionaries, not the dead missionaries.}  |
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Post by TD on Nov 28, 2007 19:37:53 GMT -5
Every Tribe Entertainment: Green founded the full-feature film production company in 2002. The company’s movie, ‘‘End of the Spear,’’ was released in 2006 and won the grand prize at the Heartland Film Festival.
End of the Spear That was a decent flick that was in limited release in theaters and is now on DVD. A group of missionaries are killed by a tribe and the now-grown children of the missionaries return to the tribe years later to befriend them. That reminds me of a good story that my friend Mike from church told me. Mike is an Indy police officer who works at the Indy airport. Mike is a happy-go-lucky guy who likes to use humor to help out in stressful situations when people get upset by the TSA workers who screen at the airport. During the Heartland Film Festival which is held in Indy, Hailey Jo Osment flew in for the festival. Mike was asked to escort Hailey from his plane to the limo. While they were walking through the airport Hailey who of course had just flown in from Los Angeles asked to use the restroom. Mike then sprang into action. Mike said, "I'll have to make sure there are no US Senators in there first." And then as soon as Mike came back out of the restroom after searching it he asked Hailey "to make sure if he saw any dead people to point them out." |
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Post by milwvu04 on Nov 28, 2007 23:47:55 GMT -5
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