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     mcmstaff78 Member Username: mcmstaff78 Post Number: 55 Registered: 12-2007 Posted From: 24.99.130.74 |
Bishop Paulk Remains at Large! 80-year-old preacher charged with lying under oath By CHRISTOPHER QUINN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 01/15/08 Archbishop Earl Paulk, one of Atlanta's preeminent religious figures through the 1980s and 1990s, was supposed to turn himself in to Cobb County today on a perjury charge, but had not as of this afternoon. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued the warrant Monday. Paulk is charged with lying during a deposition in a sexual misconduct lawsuit. Paulk said Mona Brewer, the woman suing him, was the only sexual partner he had outside of his marriage. The deposition in the case was taken in Cobb County, which is why the warrant was issued there. John Bankhead, a GBI spokesman, said at 1:45 p.m. that Paulk was supposed to turn himself in at 10 a.m., but he had not shown up. Nancy Bodiford, a spokeswoman for the Cobb County Sheriff's Office, said Paulk had an agreement to turn himself in within 48 hours after the warrant was issued about noon Monday. Paulk could walk in at any time of day or night, she said. "When he and his attorney are coming in, I don't know," she said. Paulk's criminal attorney did not return calls. The perjury investigation began last summer after a DNA test showed Paulk fathered a son with his sister-in-law. That son, the Rev. D.E. Paulk, now pastors the Cathedral at Chapel Hill in Decatur, the church in which Archbishop Paulk built his reputation. Brandi Paulk, D.E.'s wife and a minister at the church, said the family had no comment about the arrest. "We were caught off guard," by the warrant, she said. "The news knew about it before our attorneys did. We are still in the process of sorting it out." Archbishop Paulk built an interracial mega-church and a TV ministry in Decatur that attracted national attention and more than 10,000 members. He also started an association of independent charismatic churches that had member churches across the nation. His career has been plagued with rumors and charges of sexual indiscretions. Mona and Bobby Brewer, former staff members at the church, sued Paulk in 2005. They dropped the suit last year for legal strategic reasons, and each filed their own suit against him and the church weeks later. (From the Atlanta Journal Constitution) | ||
| matt_hatter Junior Member Username: matt_hatter Post Number: 49 Registered: 12-2007 Posted From: 216.226.180.3 |
showed Paulk fathered a son with his sister-in-law. This is one of the most disgusting, revolting, buzzards who ever graced the set of TBN, and that says a lot, because there have been some real lulu's. Just goes to show that TBN has no intention of presenting the purity of the gospel. From a blog I read: (I would have put the term "Christian leadership" in quotation marks...) Christian leadership truly is partly to blame for this ongoing fiasco at Chapel Hill Harvester Church. And Trinity Broadcasting Network’s Paul and Jan Crouch bear the biggest portion of that guilt. Even after years of credible testimony from women who have been sexually exploited by the Paulks, TBN to this day links to Earl Paulk and airs his program and has him as a guest on Praise the Lord and the TBN Praise-a-thons. TBN’s list of programs on their website says "Each week Bishop Earl Paulk brings a powerful message of hope from his church The Cathedral at Chapel Hill. Bishop Paulk brings powerful insight into the word of God to lead the lost to Jesus Christ." | ||
| matt_hatter Junior Member Username: matt_hatter Post Number: 50 Registered: 12-2007 Posted From: 216.226.180.3 |
http://www.apostasyalert.org/ I am always cautious about recommending websites, because the authors can sometimes be as wacky as the folks they are writing about. That said, this site does appear to have a treasure trove of information about the sorry character traits of many of these TV preachers. |
