Where should I start? I recall a Missouri Synod pastor who preyed upon boys. He was moved down to the Carribean, but one of his victims eventually sued the congregation and won the entire church property.
Anyone can find countless examples of horrible crimes, covered up by the synodical leaders. Some people have given me detailed information about William D. Tabor's adultery and the murder of his wife - by his mistress. Tabor spent part of his adulterous career at Holy Scripture in Cape Girardeau. Jay Webber told me all about it. So did Roger Zehms, who was the WELS circuit pastor who oversaw the move of Tabor from LCR (I believe) to WELS. Zehms knew all about Tabor's open adultery.
The entire Synodical Conference got involved with Floyd Luther Stolzenburg. His shenanigans in St. Louis were overlooked by the Missouri Synod leaders until things got too hot. Mrs. Stolzenburg divorced him. Floyd's mistress' husband sued him.
Floyd moved to Columbus, Ohio to become a Church Growth expert for WELS. Roger Zehms was divorced and came from St. Louis to Columbus to share in the spread of false doctrine. Real estate mogul George Skestos, soon to be divorced from his wife, funded the pair of divorced ex-pastors, who would show WELS how to do Church Growth.
After five years of constant trouble from Stolzenburg and Zehms, WELS sent Zehms to Milwaukee to work for WELS Lutherans for Life, a pro-family entity. The leader, Bob Flesichmann, divorced his wife and married his secretary.
What do all these men have in common? They all claimed "Scriptural divorces."
VP Paul Kuske (Shrinker) and Rev. Robert Schumann (born-again atheist) endorsed Floyd for the parish job at Emmanuel in Columbus, a sister church to St. Paul, German Village, where Floyd first scattered the weed seeds of Church Growth. The Glende boys grew up there, nurtured in false doctrine, Masonic lodgery, and Scriptural divorces.
WELS was officially done with Floyd, so the Little Sect on the Prairie found him a delight. Pastor John Shep (ELS, Thoughts of Faith; now ELCA) and ELS Pastor Jay Webber and ELS Pastor Roger Kovaciny were happy to work with Stolzenburg. Kovo spoke at Emmanuel and became that congregation's official missionary, with newsletters printed about his daring deeds in the Ukraine and the many ways Emmanuel did God's work for Him in Rusky-land.
Most would think this was embarrassing for all involved, but they were shameless. Thoughts of Faith and the ELS arranged a matching grant for Floyd, to glorify his name in the Ukraine - Floyd's, not God's.
And on it goes. Murder, adultery, preying upon children. The ugly truth is far worse than anything in this post. Zehms is now a member of Jeske's church, and people think the big problem is Jeske's affiliation with the LCMS!
