Two people, who do not know each other, said the same thing. They have checked out my facts independently and found them to be true. In contrast, WELS has repeated the same falsehoods, verbatim, in stories that are obvious cover-ups or attempts to discredit any source that knows how corrupt the leaders have been.
Some may argue that all denominations engage in similar cover-ups, but that does not get at the extent and organization of the criminal enterprise in WELS. Some glimmerings include the disappearance of the Schwan money and the evaporation of the designated funds. I am no accountant, but I recall an $8 million figure vanishing and the Mary Lou Chapel funded but not built. Did the Love Shack drones spend the money on their own projects while robbing the chapel account? That humble house of God in New Ulm cost $8 million.
When SP Schroeder was elected instead of the designated driver Jahnke, the synod installed financial controls to track the money. The sinking ship righted itself in spite of a disastrous economy. It was almost as if Mama sewed a hole in that pocket that the money kept burning through.
Failed ex-SP Gurgle is now in Texas, working with Kudu Don Patterson, hoping everyone forgot.
Standard Operating Procedure is to deny the obvious, refuse to discuss an issue, and start shunning those who get in the way of the Shrinker Mob.
Why did WELS cover up the murders of Mrs. Tabor and Mrs. Just? The synod officials were not worried about the organization. They were protecting their own cushy jobs. If the members had found out the sordid truth, pitchforks and torches would have surrounded the Love Shack.
Strangely, the pastors get lured into the same cover-ups and evasions. They realize they will be ousted if they show any intellectual curiosity. They are expected to unman themselves and help silence others. And they do. The leaven of the Pharisees grows downward with ease.
UOJ is a contributing factor. If everyone is already forgiven and people know they are sinners, there is no Law. The Antinomian streak is even stronger in the CLC (sic), the rancid version of WELS - more Pietistic, more hypocritical, more sanctimonious.
Pietism itself is a major factor. It is easy to go from "girls cannot wear shorts" in Owasso, Michigan (an earlier WELS pastoral edict) to multiple adulteries qualifying a non-WELS ex-pastor to be a Church Growth expert (under DP Hategood). Oh, and do not forget the DP's buddy, another adulterer, being given a cushy job once his adultery was exposed. Was the VP punished? Oh no. Was the DP punished? Heavens no. The minister who uncovered the priapic pastor was thrashed for conduct unbecoming a WELS mobster.
The WELS pastors, who walk six feet above the ground, hate the facts being known. Al Just was convicted of murdering his wife in Phoenix, but the insiders still wig out about it being discussed. They do not realize or care that this attitude makes it easier for the next crime to occur.
The secret hazing ritual, called GA, trains WELS pastors to lie. They are still deceiving people about GA, which continues as an annual event. GA is a permanent stain on the Wisconsin Synod. James Tiefel was GA pope, so do not expect it to go away.
Mutual blackmail works well too. If they move a pastor because he had a affair with Bubbles, they own him for life. He is not going to go all Martin Luther on them. If called upon, like the clients in Godfather, he will do his duty for the Shrinker Mob.
O foolish WELSians, you let them organize Church and Change right under your noses while using your funds to do it. They skimmed your offerings to pay their tuition at Fuller, Willow Creek, Trinity Divinity, and other bawdy houses of Enthusiasm. And they call each other "Doctor" for getting a worthless DMin with your money!
They organize multiple meetings each year to support one another in the Mob. The invitations are public and the public must pay to have the poison dripped in their ears. The Shrinker Mob never works for free.
They trundle off to various rallies of Enthusiasm without facing any consequences. They are now so bold that Valleskey was able to become seminary president while endorsing Fuller Seminary, his alma mater. Kudu Don Patterson, called twice to the Sausage Factory, has gathered church workers for more of the same - and he wants to be DP!
WELS should move headquarters to Chicago, so the Democrat Left there could learn from the shameless, hardball tactics of WELS Church and Change.
But the basic members and pastors have been swindled long enough. I get the feeling that they will not let themselves be euthanized. They will not get back the millions wasted, but they may see the return of Lutheran doctrine. It will be a protracted battle, lasting many years. In the last 30 years, only one side has fought - the Shrinker Mob.
