DATE:    August 12th, 1988

 

TO:        Residents of the community of Stelle, IL.

 

FROM:   TJWilhelm, Personal

 

RE:         Factual news from Texas, a few rumors, a few opinions, and a sincere word of caution and warning.

 

 

“IN TIMES OF STAGNATION, SCUM RISES”

 

 

I am truly amazed, but remarkably unsurprised.

 

‘By their fruits you shall know them.’

 

 

 

FACTS

 

FACT:         From feedback received via phone calls and letters, The Stelle Group learned that it had lost thousands of dollars through it’s post office box in Quinlan, Texas. I took this matter to the FBI and was told that; they would only address matters of this nature if the loss exceeded $50,000.00. In my complaint to the FBI estimated the loss to be in the neighborhood of $25,000.00. ‘Sorry, we can’t do anything about that.’

 

FACT:         Several weeks ago, Marcia Gilbert, (Corporate Secretary for The Stelle Group), went into the office/meeting room which is shared by The Stelle Group members in Dallas and the Adelphi Organization. The room was empty. All of the motherschool materials were gone, as well as some bookshelves and property items belonging to The Stelle Group. On the wall was a note saying that the room had been emptied by order of the Board of Directors of the Adelphi Organization to insure that the materials and property would be properly ‘used for God’s work.’ Marcia called several of the directors and asked why-on-earth they had decided to empty everything out of the space we had just signed a one year lease for. Interestingly, none of the Adelphi directors knew anything about it.

 

FACT:         Shortly after the TAO/TSG office in Dallas was ransacked, Steve Dudash (Treasurer of TAO) went to the bank to make a deposit to TAO’s checking account. The teller said, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t accept this deposit...that account has been closed.’ Upon investigation, it was learned that all of TAO’s accounts had been closed, and the funds removed from the bank...$27,000,000 +. By some clever maneuver, someone was able to get all of the account signature cards changed allowing for a very smooth and simple theft of the funds.

 

RUMORS

 

RUMOR:     Speculation has it that the TSG/TAO office was hit by a group of Richard Kieninger devotees. It is rumored that they gained access with a key that was in possession of one of the mothers who made frequent use of the mother’s school materials and library.

 

RUMOR: It has been reported that the band of Kieninger devotees see themselves as doing God’s work (because they support Richard) and are therefore exempt from living by God’s Laws (Lemurian Law; Natural Law; cause-and-effect; karma; etc.) until Richard’s great plan is fulfilled. This is what enables them to ignore the clear decisions of the majority of TAO members (throw democracy out the window) and steal about $50,000.00 of money and property. Concern exists that fanatic attitudes of this nature may next lead to physical property damage and/or physical bodily harm.

 

OPINIONS

 

OPINION: I believe that the people involved in those actions have not yet been able to separate ‘the man from the message.’ They seem to be hyper-emotionally locked into what can be nothing more than a self-serving and destructive personality cult. As one of them was reported to have said, ‘Well, if Richard is not the philosophy, then who is?’

 

I wonder, since when is ANY man A philosophy. A man may espouse a philosophy, and a man may employ a philosophy, but a man is just that...a man.

 

‘Truth cannot be held responsible for the actions and attitudes

of those who speak it.’

 

 

CAUTIONARY REQUEST

 

There is a small minority of persons living in Stelle and the Stelle area who seem to be working to import a more direct Kieninger influence to Stelle. There are others here who say ‘ignore it, it can’t hurt you...love it and it will leave you alone.’

 

I ask this favor: forgive, if you will, but please DO NOT FORGET. Please do not allow this sort of influence to get a toe hold and grow in our community.

 

Thank you for your attention.

 

 

(Note: I have composed this memo for the Stelle Community Open Forum Board only. These reportings are intended for the information of the residents of Stelle, through this specific medium. They are not intended for general publication.)

 

 

 

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