DaleRussell's Blog

first,

I'm afraid you missed my point. Of course, someone awaitng trial has to be careful about what they say.
But, two years since these allegations first surfaced and the Cathedral community has not heard one word from their founder.
They want to hear from him and many expressed on this blog and to me that they hoped after the guilty plea he would speak to the Cathedral community.
That's all.
Who made me the person to get the information? That's my job. I'm a journalist. And no other media outlet in town has bothered to cover the story.

Dale, it seems like firsthandtoo doesn't understand the work of investigative reporting. It is about uncovering the truth. The many first hand experiences of persons who were abused by Earl Paulk and his continued denials really demand that any reporter worth his salt would seek an opportunity to speak face to face with the man in the center of the whole mess. Dale, you were trying to offer Earl Paulk a chance to speak for himself, to answer the accusations personally. He is apparently afraid to look straight into the cameras and explain the answers to those hard questions. I think we know why now. Instead he sent his nephew/son to speak for him and the family. Of course this also brought his daughter and granddaughter forward to tell what they also experienced in that family from their father and grandfather. (To be continued)

(Continued) Of course, thousands have fled that place; so the members you have “cared for” are no longer members. Many left years ago before you were the one reporting. They have had no redress to their grievances against Earl Paulk and that “ministry”. But your reports and the blog of now nearly 5000 posts have offered an opportunity for many to express their hurt and disillusionment with Earl Paulk’s ministry. (To be continued)

Dale,
I was interested in firsthandtoo’s comment to you: “Your concern is not for those in the Cathedral community. Your concern is only for Fox news”. Huh? Does this person and others like him/her think that it is the job of an investigative reporter to be "concerned" for people who have put up with these credible allegations and Paulk shenanigans for decades? Reporting what you have found out and seeking for more information (since the scandals involve child sex, adultery, perjury, to name a few…) seem to me to fall under the rubric of public service. It is similar to the work of reporters who investigated and reported on Watergate. A healthy society needs watchdogs or sentinels to keep things above board and upright. I think of Senator Grassley’s investigation of a number of high profile wealthy ministries. If these ministries are above board, honest, persons of integrity they should have nothing to hide. In the past Jim Bakker of PTL was investigated, tried and found wanting. He lashed out at the reporters at first. But after his quilt was confirmed and he was sentenced, he wrote the book “I Was Wrong” admitting that the fault lay with him. I hope Dale that you will keep up the tenacious pursuit of truth. I am fairly confident that “Archbishop” Earl Paulk will continue to evade direct answers to those hard questions, even after the court cases are far gone. We may rest content though that he is now a convicted felon of the one charge with physical evidence.

there should be an investigation from Child Services for grown people that have their children over there
if he will molest his own granddaughter with an other child and his wife upstairs while it is happening no child is safe around him
don't you remember the Catholic Church and all that has come to light?
Thank God for the media that would not back down
Dale is doing a great service to Atlanta
I personally want to see Earl Paulk come clean in public
instead he sends Donnie Earl who is laughtable

firsthandtoo,

A "hypocrite"? Do you even know the meaning of the word? How can a man be a hypocrite who is being clear and forthcoming about what he has been able to uncover as a reporter.

Like it or not, reporters jobs are to follow stories and report them to the public. When they find there is a fire beneath the smoke, it's their right and charge to make what they've found known.

And to the point of Earl Paulk not speaking because of the pending lawsuit, well, finally he knows how the countless people he and CHHC have sued have felt. He is simply reaping what he's sown and if you ask me he's getting off lightly.

Long before the lawsuits against him, Earl Paulk had ample opportunity to speak TRUTHFULLY to the media in response to the stories leaked out, the ones he and his band of controllers tried to squelch. (And, thank god they did become public so we'd have hope that your charade at the Cathedral would be exposed in all its sickeningly abusive detail.)

EP has never had any interest in the real truth coming out, because he wants to hide behind the delusion he's created. And, he knows he is guilty, guilty, guilty. If he was a man of integrity, he wouldn't have to worry about what he says even with a pending lawsuit. If he's done nothing wrong, there should be nothing to worry about.

Trust me - there are far more people who know the truth and want it to be exposed than the handful of cling-ons left at the vacuous, vulturous cathedral you want to "protect." And, what a laughable aim that must be, to "protect" the ones you folks have manipulat

firsthandtoo, are you kidding me? Are you blind? Did you not hear your bishop plead guilty to perjury? Do you not know that his lie to the court was about one adulterous affair that was brought to light only because of hard evidence (DNA)? Have you not heard about all of the other allegations of sexual misconduct over the years? Could they all be false? Is Earl Paulk's own granddaughter lying about molesting her when she was a child? Sexual predators should be publicly identified and prosecuted no matter who they are so that they cannot re-offend! What is wrong with you? Earl Paulk's sins have surely found him out! Finally!

Firsthandtoo

Consider this:

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. 1 Tim 3:1-5 NIV

It sounds like EP to me. But what about you? Keep reading.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 2 Tim. 4:1-4 NIV

Are you getting sound doctrine at CHHC? Maybe you are just there to suit your own desires? Just wondering.

Tell the whole Truth...You just don't seem to get it. This is about a 'pastor/bishop/archbishop who has abused his position in every way possible. My goodness, just the children alone are enough to leave that place and never look back. How would you feel if Jessica or Penni was you child or grandchild? Would you still be so charitable? This man has committed CRIMES. Just like any other pedophile, he needs to be charged, found guilty and sentenced as well as registered as a sex offender in the community. Haven't you been taught over there that John told the king he couldn't have his brother's wife? Guess ep is better than the king and John, huh? The whole truth is God is tired of the sheep being devoured by so-called shepherds!
Dale, keep up the good work until everything the canker worm, palmer worm, ep worm, don worm and every other kind of worm has destroyed has been restored! Rest well. Thank you for a job well done.

I don't know about Bobby Brewer, but I do know about most every other person (women) who have been slapped with lawsuits and they were not involved in underhanded dealings. The word is "victim" because they were taken advantage of and manipulated for others' gain and satisfaction.

If we want to talk about blame, we can steer to those of you who have stayed and paid to keep this charade going and helped to cover up abuse that included molestation of children.