.... The FBI was investigating Paul Crouch, the co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Crouch, who died last year at the age of 79, was one of the worlds first televangelists. Crouch and his wife, Jan Crouch, first began their ministry by renting time on a local Canadian TV station, and grew their ministry into TBN, a multi-million dollar international TV network which the co-founded with the now infamous grifter, Jim Bakker, and his wife, Tammy Faye Bakker. The New York Times in 2012 reported on the TBN founders who were at the forefront of the so-called prosperity gospel, noting that in 2010 alone they took in $93 million in donations through their ministry. Now, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request, investigative journalism site MuckRock reveals the laundry list of Crouch’s activities the FBI was monitoring or even investigating. Among the more interesting revelations is the claim that the FBIs reports accuse Crouch and his partners as being motivated by anti-Semitic and white supremacist, beliefs. In 1997 the FBI labeled Crouch an anti-Semitic, white supremacist -- but once they identified him as a religious figure they conducted no further investigation. thenewcivilrightsmovement/fbi_files_link_pioneering_christian_televangelist_to_mafia_gun_running_narcotics
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 04:07:51 +0000
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