Link to the Vehse Account of the Saxon Migration to Perry County, Missouri

Carl Vehse, attorney, defended Martin Stephan in court,
yet went along with the Saxon migration.

Walther set a record for kidnapping - his niece and nephew,
then the removal at gunpoint of the bishop he swore in writing to support.

This is where you can download a free version of the Vehse book.

I suggest two other books to provide more perspective: Philip Stephan, In Pursuit of Religious Freedom. Forster, Zion on the Mississippi.

The Suelflow book is good to fill in dates and details - Servant of the Word. This is a prime example of uncritical hagiography, almost as funny as The Glories of Mary.

Someone asked me yesterday, "Has this information been known all along?"

Vehse and Forster covered most of the scandals long ago. The P. Stephan book is good for details about Stephan's syphilis - all the facts without the obvious conclusion.

My used copy came from the Buenger (kidnapping)
and Stellhorn (who left Missouri) families.

Forster makes it clear that Stephan was a serial adulterer, that everyone knew in Europe. Kidnapping the children from the grandfather's parsonage - that was known. All these things have been documented and known, but spun as the Great Walther rescuing the Perry County group from the evil Martin Stephan.

Apparently there is even a hysterical historical marker in Missouri, naming Walther as the Great Walther and Stephan as the False Teacher. Who followed the false teacher and carried out his commands? CFW!

The clergy constantly lie about the Stephan/Walther drama, just as they do about UOJ. They are so frightened of the truth coming out that they try their best to silence anyone who knows. That does not just include misanthropes like Paul McCain, Jack Cascione, and Herman Otten, but also the Synod Presidents.

Nothing is going to happen until the laity wake up and do their own studies. I know that is happening here and there. The laymen are donating hundreds of millions to promote false doctrine, to prop up the lies, to cover up the scandals, and to promote the clergy criminals.

I think it is clever how the UOJ Stormtroopers warn everyone away from those who saw through their false doctrine. Stellhorn was one of their own. They do not say much about that.

If one guy created an enormous row over not getting a job at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis - certainly a slanderous accusation - then why did Stellhorn leave Missouri and write an enormous book called The Error of Missouri?