In this detailed memorandum, the treasurer and board member of Stan Telchin Ministries documents the events that unfolded in late 2000 regarding my father's ministry.  His first entry is November 11, which was one week before my father's marriage on November 18.  It was the night of November 18, after my father had left for his two week honeymoon in Europe, that the financial records of Stan Telchin Ministries were discovered by my husband.  My husband and the treasurer and board member spent the next two weeks meeting regularly and pouring over the financial records. In short, the fraud and theft that my father was engaged in regarding donor money had already been completely exposed to my husband and the treasurer but Stan did not know this.

Law Enforcement Statement Regarding Stan Telchin

Both Jews for Jesus and Stan Telchin have consistently misrepresented what transpired regarding the criminal investigations. They have consistently represented that my husband went to the FBI, when in fact, the Manatee County Sheriff's office transferred the investigation to the FBI due to "multi-jurisdictional issues." This statement above, from the Manatee County Sheriff's office, clearly establishes that the FBI involvement was the result of law enforcement and NOT my husband.

It is worth noting that Stan Telchin Ministries had already been forfeited in 1999 by the State of Maryland in which the corporation had been established (click here to see forfeiture).  The forfeiture would not be discovered until Spring, 2001. Undaunted, Stan quickly left Maryland and moved to Florida where he would continue to solicit, receive and spend donor money knowing full well of the forfeiture. 

He would also operate in Florida as an unregistered corporation and would file for articles of revival (click here) in April, 2001 and only after being threatened with a criminal complaint for illegally operating a non profit corporation. According to the IRS, upon forfeiture the tax exempt status granted to Stan Telchin Ministries evaporated.

In an effort to protect my father, who had just gotten married, the treasurer and my husband decided to continue to ask Stan to voluntarily turn over the financial records.  Upon my father's voluntary disclosure, the treasurer would then quietly work with Stan to clean up what he had been doing. 

This effort failed as Stan refused to turn over the financial records (which my husband and the treasurer had anyway) and he turned to hostile action to keep secret what he had been doing with donor money. His efforts to cover his abuse of donor funds and trust failed.

In late Spring, 2001, criminal complaints were filed with the Manatee County Sheriff's office who investigated and turned the matter over to the FBI (click here to see law enforcement's statement regarding the transfer of the criminal investigation).  The FBI would spend a considerable amount of time with the treasurer and my husband and eventually the matter was turned over to the IRS. 

The IRS investigated and both my husband and the treasurer were key witnesses in that investigation.  In late 2002, Stan was called to an audit by the IRS in St. Petersburg, Florida and shortly thereafter, Stan Telchin Ministries was dissolved (click here).

My father lacks the most basic understanding of biblical principles as shown by his repeated hiring of lawyers to go after us. As you read the memo, you will note that with no warning and an absolute steadfast refusal to meet with us, he hired a lawyer to go after my family on January 16, 2001.

That would be the first of several lawyers he would hire to threaten us with lawsuits. Each attorney he hired was ignored.

The Bible says that Christians are not supposed to sue other Christians. Either my father believed he was exempt from this bibilcal madate because he assumed I was not a Christian, or he had so much to hide that he knew any biblical process of resolution would not work, knowing such a process would bring the truth out. If the truth came out, he would have had no choice but to resign from ministry. This memo of events and the supporting documentation clearly shows my father acted because of the latter.

Stan, as well as Jews for Jesus for whom Stan now works, have for several years, represented that there was never a criminal investigation and that the Manatee County Sheriff's office never transferred the criminal matter to the FBI. Both Stan and Jews for Jesus have consistently placed the blame for everything on my husband. Jews for Jesus has done so without ever having spoken to or met with my husband. These representations are factually false and in the six years that this matter has unfolded, Jews for Jesus has never once called and spoken to me about this nor have they ever spoken to the former treasurer and board member of Stan Telchin Ministries. Many pastors of churches today invite Stan into their pulpits aware of the controversy that surrounds him. They do so believing what Jews for Jesus and Stan represent, but these pastors are unaware that Jews for Jesus has never spoken to us about the matter.

In time. this is changing as more and more pastors are taking time to call me. The same is increasingly true of audience members who have heard my father speak. Many pastors have reported prior to Stan's arrival to speak in their churches, that Stan and /or Jews for Jesus has faxed or mailed them a few pages in an ecffort to clear Stan and affirm him.

These pastors receive this believing that Jews for Jesus did a full scale investigation and cleared Stan. Several pastors have expressed surprise to learn that we were never once contacted by Jews for Jesus and when given the complete picture, these pastors change their understanding of what really took place.

Today is November 12, 2006, and as I put this section on the Internet for the whole world to see, my primary intent is not to shame my father. In fact, that is not my intent at all. I hope that Jews for Jesus will read this carefully and realize they have been mistaken. I hope my father will read this and realize he can no longer lie about what happened. I hope that the extended Telchin family will read this and understand how Stan lied to them. I also hope that the thousands of people in Stan's audiences, that he has lied to, will read this and understand not all is as Stan has represented. Most importantly, I hope this will correct the grossly fraudulent public record that my father has created, perpetuated and caused others to believe.

I have taken great care to not expose any misconduct that was committed by anyone in private. I have only strived to expose those things that are false and in the public record. My effort is not about private sin - it is about wrong doing comiitted in public or at the expense of the public and committted by Stan and others in the name of Christ.

Please note that the treasurer has asked that his name be removed prior to the public disclosure of his memorandum.  Also note that the wording in red represents my additions to the memorandum. You will note many links provided so you can view the actual documents referenced. If you would like hard copies of any of the documents you see, please go to the contact page and email me. I make this offer as Stan has said in the past that original documents were manufactured by others and are not genuine. The documents requested will be sent to you at no charge.

It brings me no joy to expose what my father has done and to expose who he really is. It is heart breaking but after six years of dead silence from him and his continued refusal to make right what he has done, and after six years of Jews for Jesus and my father grossly misrepresenting what actually transpired (to the detriment of others), and after my father's refusal to stop making me a part of his public testimony, it is appropriate to expose what has taken place. My father is a public figure who has assumed a spiritual position in the church. If you listen to his testimony, he will convince you that Jesus is Lord of his life and that Jesus saved our entire family from Judaism and we then lived happily ever after. The public needs to know that this is a lie and far from the truth.

The public has a right to know that what Stan represents (using his family as the basis of that representation) is fraudulent. The hundreds of people who, over the years, donated their money to my father's ministry at his request, believied their donations would be used for ministry. They have a right to know that my father seriously abused their trust and their donations. They have a right to know that he then destroyed his family to keep his deception hidden. It is called "accountability" - something my father does not practice. Where there is no accountability, there is no ministry. My father, Stan Telchin, has no ministry to his own family and therefore is imminently disqualified for the public ministry he perpetuates. One pastor, after hearing Stan give his testimony said, "There wasn't much ministry but there sure was a lot of acting and a nauseating amount of arrogance." That pastor should not have been surprised as other then a few months in a Bible study program at Kenneth Hagin's RHEMA school, my father's only higher education was decades ago when he was studying to be an actor (click here for Stan's bio for more information).

December 29, 2000

MEMORANDUM

TO:            File

FROM:        XXX XXXXXXXXX

SUBJECT:   December, 2000 Events

SUMMARY:

This memo is being prepared to document my recollection of events this month regarding Chris Lee's request for information on Stan Telchin Ministries and some related problems.  I felt it necessary to do this because of all the statements concerning what did and what did not happen, who said what, when it was said, etc. Most observations can be confirmed (or denied) by Stan Telchin, and in some cases, by members of his home group.

At the time, Stan was attending Church of Hope and he led a home group.  Prior to my father's marriage on November 18, 2000, we were living in a house that we bought with the mortgage secured by my mother's trust.  My mother passed away in early 2000 and in the late Summer, Stan came to us and asked us to sell our house to free up the funds in my mother's trust that were securing the mortgage.  Stan said he needed access to those funds and he offered to let us live in the house that he had shared with my mom if we took over the mortgage note there (click here to see Stan's memo concerning our moving into his house).  We agreed and moved into his house in mid-December 2000.  The ministry office was located in that home and I was secretary to the ministry. Just a few days after moving into his house, Stan hired a lawyer and commenced eviction proceedings against us.

CHRONOLOGY

In late September 2000, my father came to me and asked me if I would serve as the ministry secretary and take over the day to day administration so as to help him and allow him more time to travel and speak.  I agreed and Stan Telchin Ministries paid me about $1083 (click here) per month and provided me employee health insurance.  My father announced to his donors in the October/November newsletter that I am the new secretary and told his donors in that newsletter (click here to read newsletter), "As you get to know Ann, you'll appreciate the special gift God has given me in her." His kind words towards me were short lived as in a few weeks, in an attempt to keep his theft of donor funds hidden, he would take hostile legal action against my family and I.

November 11, 2000:  The board of directors of Stan Telchin Ministries held its annual meeting.  In the President's Report, under the category of "other items," Stan wrote: "Chris has agreed to help us with our marketing starting in January."  Following some discussion concerning accountability for this effort, the board decided to ask Chris for a formal proposal, which they could then evaluate apart from Stan, to avoid any conflict of interest.

My husband agreed to help my father, at his request, and at no charge by writing a development plan for Stan Telchin Ministries.

November 18, 2000:  Stan gets married and leaves for his two week honeymoon in Europe.  That night my husband discovers the Stan Telchin Ministries financial ledger on one of the ministry computers. My father had left the computer on.  A quick perusal of those records left my husband with no doubt that Stan was stealing a great deal of donor money and using it for personal reasons (click here for examples of how Stan was spending donor money).  My husband immediately contacted the treasurer and for the next two weeks while my father was away, the audit of the ministry financial records took place.  The illegality of what was uncovered was so shocking and serious, that it could not be ignored.  My husband was also gravely concerned as I was the secretary of the ministry, a co-signer on accounts and he was very concerned if the IRS ever got wind of what my father was doing, I could then be in serious legal jeopardy due to my position in the organization.

November 27, 2000:  Chris wrote asking me for information on governance and financials of Stan Telchin Ministries.  (I assume I received the letter due to my election as treasurer of the corporation in the annual meeting.)

November 30, 2000:  On or about this date, my father returned from Europe.  During the previous two weeks, an exhaustive audit had taken place to his unawares.  At a later date, the treasurer would write a scathing letter detailing with some of what he uncovered in the audit (click here for the treasurer's letter to Jews for Jesus).  In this letter, he openly calls Stan a "liar" and openly states that Stan lied to and deceived the board of Stan Telchin Ministries.

December 1, 2000:  I forwarded Chris' letter to Stan with a cover letter, stating I did not have most of the information Chris wanted and perhaps it would be easier for Stan to give it to him directly. In addition, I asked to review the corporate documents. I mailed the envelope before the 3:00PM pickup at the Osprey post office on this date.

December 5, 2000:  I asked Stan at the home group meeting if he had received the envelope I had mailed him.  He said he had not, and asked what it contained.  When I described the information Chris wanted, Stan said, "What's he want it for?  I have nothing to hide."  I replied I assumed he wanted the information to prepare the proposal for the development plan, and it would not be unusual to ask for the kind of information Chris requested.  I told Stan it would be difficult, based on my experience in corporate strategic planning, to try to chart a course for Stan Telchin Ministries' future without knowing what had and had not worked in the past.

The treasurer's assumption was correct and my husband's simple request for basic financial information so he could write the development plan requested by the board so intimidated my father, that he said, "What's he want it for? I have nothing to hide."  In truth, my father had an enormous amount to hide and he knew it. He also had much to lose as he was using Stan Telchin Ministries donations to help fund his private living expenses (click here to see how Stan was misusing donations.)

December 10, 2000:   I took a copy of the letters to church to give to Stan, as I assumed the envelope had gotten lost in the mail.  I did not see him that Sunday.

December 12, 2000:  The home group met at Stan and Elaine's. The evening was to be a review of the "Friendship With God" unit we had just finished studying. (I knew this as I had a copy of the leader's notebook.)  Stan began the meeting with the "opener" in the lesson, then went on to the Scripture (Phil. 4) we were to have studied, noting our observations and applications. The chapter was read, but I don't recall who did it.

Stan said we were going to discuss relationships, and asked what we thought the problem was between Euodia and Syntyche in verse 2.  Considerable discussion followed, and I felt we were spending too much time on a minor portion of a chapter that contained so much rich material.  In any event, it seemed the focus should have been on how Paul asked for the problem to be solved rather than the problem.

I finally asked what the group thought verse 19 meant, in an effort to move over this part of the lesson, and get on with the review of the entire unit.  (I realize now Stan had planned to do the review the following week.)  Stan again guided the discussion back to the relationship issue. He talked about the difficulties we face when there is conflict between Christians, and cited his problem with a brother involving $80,000 that Stan said this person had cheated him out of. (I assume he was referring to the Halpine Church housing allowance issue, although he did not specifically say that was the case.)  He said he'd consulted a lawyer, and was told he had a good chance of winning if he wanted to spend $10,000 going to court.  He said something about Christian arbitration, but I don't recall if this had been tried, or was just a possibility.  Stan said God had provided in other ways, so he dropped the matter.

The $80,000 involved Halpine Church in Maryland.  The church my father had been pastoring for 14 years in Maryland had just collapsed in a financial scandal.  The church was destroyed and the remnant of just a few people went to Halpine Church and somehow my father believed that Halpine then owed him $80,000 in retirement funds.  My father was very upset that Halpine was not paying it and he came very close to suing that church.

Next he said it wasn't quite so easy to "walk away" (or something like that) when the strained or broken relationship was with a family member.  At this point he asked Trudi and me to share our problems with our daughter-in-law. While I was not embarrassed by the request, I felt it was not the time or place to get into a family dynamic, especially when only one side of the picture could be presented.

However, I wanted to avoid the situation that arose in an earlier meeting when Stan repeatedly pressed Nancy Kogar for details on a family problem. We shared a few things that we have shared with others. (Stan knows about this situation as I had talked to him about it; he had offered to counsel with my son. That did not occur.)

Stan then said he had a similar problem with estrangement from a family member, adding that he had been under "tremendous pressure" recently from this individual.  (I thought he was talking about his daughter Judy.)  Elaine confirmed to the group the pressure had been very intense.  At this point I felt our situation had been brought up only so he could talk about his own problems.  He said he didn't know where to turn, and asked for prayer for the situation.

After the study was over and we were eating, I asked Stan if he had received the envelope.  He said: "I sure did."  Then he asked me if I had seen his office. I said I had not, and he said: "Come on, let me show it to you."  Once inside the office, Stan closed the door and said: "I feel I must share this with you.  Chris is the one I was talking about tonight."  When I asked what he had done, Stan said (in an apparent reference to the letter): "The only reason he wants information on the ministry is so he can take it over and use it for financial gain."  I asked Stan how Chris was going to accomplish this, and he hesitated for a minute then replied: "Through the receipts."  It seemed my question had caught him off balance, so I did not pursue the matter any further.

At this point, the last time my father saw my husband was at his wedding on November 18.  My husband had been out of town on business travel.  Stan is beginning his process of trying to shut down the request for information.  Stan could not let those records out at any cost, as the records would show his theft and deception regarding donor money.  Again, Stan was totally unaware that a thorough audit had been completed anyway and both the treasurer and my husband knew in great detail what Stan had been doing with donor money. Here, my father was beginning the process of making my husband the problem in an effort to divert attention away from himself. It won't be long and Stan would be telling his board in a January 25 meeting that my husband committed numerous felony crimes against him and the ministry (click here to see the treasurer's remarks about this) and years later, Jews for Jesus without ever having spoken to us, would represent to people that my husband tried to extort my father (click here to see what Jews for Jesus has falsely represented). In reality, my husband agreed to help my father at no charge and in reality my husband and I donated many hundreds of dolalrs to Stan Telchin Ministries. In the year 2000 alone, we donated $750.00 to my father's ministry (click here to see our giving record for 2000).

He said I could have any and all information on the ministry that I wished, that as a director and officer of the corporation I had a right to it.  But he did not believe Chris had a right to it, although he did not say he would not provide it. (Note: According to the IRS letter in our corporate file, ANYONE has a right to examine and request copies of financial reports and supporting documentation from a 501(c)(3) organization.) Stan went on to say he didn't know where to turn and he needed my advice and counsel on how to handle the situation.  There were a few remarks made about the office in general, but I don't recall exactly what they were.  He did show me where his desk (actually the ministry's desk) had been cut and reassembled. I noticed the Mac G-4 computer, which had been purchased (by the ministry) for Ann's use had been moved to his new office from his former home, but did not comment on it at that time.

David Brickner of Jews for Jesus Engages in Slander An email from David Brickner, Executive Director of Jews for Jesus, responding to this website. Not one time has Brickner ever spoken with us or ever met us. Yet, he grossly misrepresents the matter and accuses my husband of having committed a crime. He states Jews for Jesus has looked into the allegations, and has found them to be entirely without merit. The integrity of the process whereby they made this determination is to be held in serious doubt, as they've never spoken to us or the former treasurer of Stan Telchin Ministries. Mr. Brickner has engaged in serious defamation of character. Jews for Jesus has seriously mishandled this matter to the detriment of my family.

I asked him if he had the corporate documents I had asked for in my cover letter of December 1st. He said there was nothing unusual in them, they were "common, straightforward, run-of-the-mill" documents, and he didn't know why I wanted to see them.  He did look briefly in the closet for them but said he could not find them and would bring them to church with him on Sunday.

December 17, 2000:  After church Stan started to talk to me at the entrance to the sanctuary by the double doors separating it from the narthex.  He gripped my arm very tightly and stood very close to me, speaking in a low, angry voice.  He said he had decided not to give Chris the information he wanted.  He said God had blessed the ministry without Chris in the past, and would do so in the future.  He said the ministry didn't need Chris' development plan, and "there wasn't going to be one."

Again, the last time my father has seen my husband was almost one month earlier at his wedding.

Stan said he had not seen or spoken to Chris since his wedding reception, that there had been no contact between them at all.  He seemed offended that Chris had not contacted him after he returned from his honeymoon, especially after he hurt his back. (Note: If this is the case, I don't see where the "pressure" from Chris came from, unless it was the request for information contained in his letter. I can well understand why he would feel pressured - the disclosure of that information is very damaging to Stan.)

Pastor Tom Dickerson Misrepresents The Truth Tom Dickerson, senior pastor at Calvary Chapel North Plainfield, sends an email to a gentleman who is aware of the scandal surrounding Stan who is scheduled to speak in Dickerson's church. Dickerson engages in serious gossip and slander and grossly misrepresents the truth. Dickerson has never met us or spoken with us. He characterizes the scandal as a "family conflict" and states law enforcement took no action. This is completely opposite of what actually transpired as law enforcement did take action against Stan regarding his handling of donor money.

He told me I was to give Chris absolutely no information regarding "the business side of the ministry" and that he "was not going to take any more crap from him" or that he was "tired of all his crap." (I'm not sure of what expression he used, but am sure the phrase included the word "crap.")  After the conversation, we walked out to the parking lot. He gave me the corporate documents, and I told him I would review them and return them to him on Tuesday night. At about this time, my husband and I agreed that it would be in our best interest that we move out of the house and we decided that after the first of the year we would make the move.  My husband was convinced that ultimately Stan will need to sell the house and use the proceeds to pay back what he had stolen from the ministry.

December 15, 2000: My husband calls my sister, Judy, and without going into great detail informs her that there is a situation that is very serious unfolding regarding my father's handling of donor money to Stan Telchin Ministries. He makes this call to her as she has planed to come down in a few days for a visit. My husband asks her to postpone her visit until things get cleared up with my father. She indicates she will postpone but comes anyway and does not see us or call us. The last time I saw my sister was at my mother's funeral. I have not seen her since and I did not see her at my father's November 18 wedding as he did not invite her to come due to some difficult things between them. My father invited her husband and children who did come but my sister was not invited and did not come. My efforts to contact her have been fruitless because, like my father, she too returns my mail unopened and marked 'refused.'

December 19, 2000:  Before the meeting started I returned the corporate documents to Stan. He asked me if I had any questions, and I jokingly asked him where he got the nice binder for them.  He laughed and replied the company that did the incorporation had given it to him, adding that he had paid $260 for the incorporation fee.  Then I laughed, saying he could have done it for free.  He replied he realized that now, but that he didn't know what he was doing at the beginning of the ministry.

Stan then said, "No, seriously, do you have any questions you want me to answer?" I replied I had a couple questions (a true statement), but that I did not want to go into them now, and we could talk after the first of the year.  He agreed.

During the meeting we reviewed the unit, and toward the end of the evening, Stan referred to the family member (from the previous week), saying he had decided to forgive the individual and put it behind him.

My father's manufactured offense and forgiveness was short lived as within days of this comment at his home group, he would take legal action against us.

He looked at Carmen and Helenia Amaido, and thanked them (or one of them, I could not tell from where I was sitting) for their counsel.  I assume he had shared some additional information with one or both of them.  He went on to say he had been reminded of 1 Cor. 13 and the statement that "love does not keep a record of wrongs," and that he had been convicted by that.

Stan Telchin Lies and Slanders An email Stan sent to a gentleman in which he tries to explain away the public scandal he finds himself in. From the start, his consistent response has been to place all the blame on my husband. In recent years, he has started to place blame on me as well. After hearing my father speak so lovingly about his family in public, his audiences struggle to reconcile what he represents with what he has done to his family. My father does not seem to understand nor does he seem to have any appreciation for just how many people know what has transpired regarding his ministry, the criminal investigations and what he did to his family to cover it up. It cannot possibly be estimated how many people know when you consider a simple "Stan Telchin" Google search turns up the scandal in the first five listings.

Stan talked at length about the importance of authority, especially spiritual authority.  He said he had been unhappy with his previous church and felt unfulfilled.  He commented how he wanted to start a home group last year, but was afraid he'd end up starting a church, and did not want to do that.  He explained that he was under the authority of the pastor, and did not feel free to have a home group since the church he was attending did not have them.  He said he felt free to have one now, as Pastor Scott approved of home groups and encouraged them.  His concluding statement on this subject was: "The safest and freest place to be is under authority." (I wish he really believed that.)

He concluded by asking if we all felt we had grown together as a family, and the response was lukewarm at best. (Stan had just told us Gary and Nancy were dropping out of the group for the time being, and I think everyone was disappointed over that.)  He said he sensed a real "spirit of heaviness" over the meeting. (Note: some of the evasive answers I gave over questioning about why I had not made a commitment to join Calvary may have contributed to the feeling. I did not want to be more explicit.)

Pastor Daryl Davis Slanders and Misrepresents The Truth Daryl Davis, the associate pastor at Covenant Life Presbyterian Church, responds to a gentleman asking about the Stan scandal.  Davis has never once met or spoken to us.  We have never met him and yet he slanders something fierce in this email and misrepresents the truth.  He states the elders dealt with the matter in the summer of 2000.  This is a lie as the elders never met to deal with the matter in summer 2000. At that time there was no problem to meet about as the financial records would not be discovered until November 18 of that year.

December 21, 2000:  Early in the day, my husband made contact with Stan for the first time since the wedding on November 18.  My husband told my father he needs to come over in the evening to meet with us. He tells Stan that he must come alone without his new wife as there "are very serious personal issues that need to be discussed.  I cannot have an open conversation with you if Elaine is there.  Please come alone." Stan agrees and arrives later that evening with his new wife.  The matters my husband needs to discuss with Stan are not discussed.  My husband would see my father one last time after this meeting when just after the first of the year, Stan would come back to the house unannounced and take the ministry computers which contained the financial records away.  It was too late for Stan, as everything on those computers had already been copied and filed away in a safe place.

December 22, 2000:  I was out of the house during the early evening, and when I returned home and checked my voice mail, there was a message from Stan, left about an hour or so earlier.  He said he and Elaine were at the mall and were soon headed to Toys 'R Us. He said he thought they would drop by and see us for a few minutes.  I called him on his cell phone, and he told me we'd have to do it another time, as they were just about back home.

Stan told me he and Elaine had a meeting with Chris and Ann the previous night. He said he had hoped to patch things up, but that it had turned into an "ugly confrontation."  He said Chris made charges that Stan had been talking about him in the home group, and that those charges were "absolutely not true."  He said I was the only one he has spoken to about Chris. (Note: It's true he did not identify Chris by name on 12/12 to the group, but did talk about "being under tremendous pressure by a family member.")

Then he asked me if I'd spoken to Chris, and I told him that I had. He wanted to know what I'd said. I repeated the conversation, which was essentially what he'd told me on 12/19 - that there wasn't going to be a development plan, Chris was not going to have any access to any business information on Stan Telchin Ministries, and Stan was tired of/fed up with his crap.

He then asked me if I had written a letter to Chris, and I told him I had not.  He said someone had and he didn't like it, as he "didn't want to be involved in whispering and murmuring." (Note: Elaine was talking to Stan during the conversation, but I could not make out what she was saying.)

Stan said he felt all Chris had been doing was "stalling"; that he was supposed to have done "P,Q,R and S" over the summer, but had not delivered on his promises.  (Note: I gather this is something Chris is supposed to have done for the ministry, but I do not know specifically what Stan was referring to.)

Stan was very upset because Chris had taken the letter to Pastor Scott.  Stan said, "He hasn't even done step one of the process, and he's already gone to step two."  I assume he was talking about Matthew 18, but he did not elaborate.  He said Chris was a very persuasive and manipulative guy.

By this point in time, the treasurer and my husband have concluded that Stan is not going to cooperate and the matter is going to get really nasty really fast.  It did.  Both the treasurer and my husband went to Stan's pastor with the matter and sought counsel.  The intent of my husband and the treasurer was to try to get the finances of Stan Telchin Ministries cleaned up as discreetly as possible. My father simply would not cooperate and while my husband and the treasurer discussed taking the matter to the board of Stan Telchin Ministries, they elected not to do so, so as to spare Stan embarrassment among his friends and colleagues and his new wife of just a few days. They also wanted to give Stan the opportunity to come clean himself in a process involving as few people as possible. He said during their meeting, Chris had used the word "rage" with Stan "at least 30 times."  He said he admitted he was human and got angry at times, but denied ever being in a rage.  Once again, he said he was at the end of his rope, didn't know what to do, and wanted my advice.  He said he "didn't want anything to do with Chris, but didn't want to lose his daughter and grandson."

If ever there was a lie my father told, this was it as shown by the legal action he would take against us in the coming days. As far as my father's rage is concerned, in public he takes on a different demeanor - that of a loving and kind spiritual figure. At home behind closed doors, he would fly into fits of rage at the smallest thing. In the last two years of his marriage to my mother, it got so bad between them that she demanded of him that he seek professional counseling. He did and over a lengthy period of time worked with a counselor at the Charis Center in Sarasota and would pay a total of $1263.33 in counseling fees. The reason this is known is because it was discovered during the audit of the ministry financial records that he used donor money to pay for his counseling (click here to see the financial ledge from Stan Telchin Ministries that shows this.)

Stan then asked if we could get together for lunch after church on Sunday, and I told him we could, provided my mother-in-law was feeling okay.  (She wasn't planning on going to church, and I wouldn't want to stay away from home long if she wasn't feeling well.)

Stan said they had concluded the meeting with a circle of prayer, and I suggested maybe the best thing to do was just to let the situation cool down, and to keep his distance from them for a while. He replied that "time and distance are not easily arranged; she's living in my house."

At the very end of the conversation, he once again brought up the matter of the Stan Telchin Ministries records.  Apparently, Chris has inquired about them at the meeting and Stan told him: "Records? What records? I don't have any records."  (Note: This statement is false, and both Stan and Chris have to know it is false.)

It is a false statement as the audit uncovered hundreds and hundreds of meticulously kept financial records.  Those very records would later be turned over to law enforcement and used in their investigations of my father.

December 24, 2000:  We got to church late, and I did not see Stan.  I went to the parking lot after church and waited by his car to make sure I wouldn't miss him.  When he and Elaine came out, I told him we were ready to go to lunch, and Stan said he had "forgotten all about it" and made other arrangements.  (This seemed a little odd to me as he was the one who asked that we go to lunch.) I gave him the minutes of the Members and Board meetings I'd typed up, and he said he'd file them.

December 25, 2000:  My husband writes Stan a check for $1,241 for the January mortgage as agreed (click here to see check).

On December 27, my husband writes Stan a letter and notifies him we will be moving out of the house (click here to read letter).  Stan would accept this but would then in a few days take action to try to evict us (click here to see the eviction from Stan's lawyer).

Moishe Rosen of Jews for Jesus Grossly Misrepresents The Truth This email was sent by Moishe Rosen, founder of Jews for Jesus and board member of Stan Telchin Ministries, to my father.  Rosen has never once met nor spoken with my husband and yet he paints a terrible picture of him and slanders him. My father would send this email out to others and it was later forwarded to us by someone he had sent it to.

On December 30, my father canceled my health insurance which was employer provided through Stan Telchin Ministries.  He did not tell me he has done this.  I would not find out about this cancellation until after January 1, 2001, as in late January I had two surgical procedures that were scheduled for later January.  In preparation for those procedures I learned my health insurance had been canceled and as a result, I was not able to have the medical procedures I so desperately needed (click here). My father was fully aware of the scheduled upcoming surgery I needed.

December 31, 2000:  Stan called this morning, asking if we could join them for lunch after church, as we had missed it last week.  I told him we could, and that my mother-in-law would be with us, as she was feeling better and intended to go to church.  He replied that would be fine.  (I did that so Stan would know there would not be an opportunity for any conversation regarding the ministry or his family.)

We ate at the Madfish Grill, and all the conversation was normal until after we had finished eating.  Then Stan brought up the subject of the conflict between he and Chris. He said Chris had done some hateful things, and Elaine added he was "an evil, evil, evil person."  I confess I became very uncomfortable over the turn in the conversation, because I did not want my mother-in-law, who was sitting directly across from Stan, to get involved in all of this in any way.

Stan said his daughter told him I was the one who said there was talk about Chris going on in the home group.  He asked me if I had told Ann and Chris this, and I replied that I had not. (Technically, this was true, because he only mentioned Chris by name in the private conversation with me in his office after the home group meeting had ended. However, Trudi told me later she felt I was being evasive - she said I was lying to Stan.)  He said this (talking about a private family matter in the home group) was "absolutely untrue, and something he would never do."

After we left the booth, and while we were standing by the door of the restaurant, Stan made some additional comments.  According to Stan, Chris' modus operandi is to "destroy, then reconstruct to his own liking, so he can be in control."  He added that Chris was trying to do this to the ministry by causing division between Stan and me. (I confess to feeling differently toward Stan than I used to, but it's his apparent misuse of ministry funds that makes me feel this way.)

Summary:

I do not believe this situation can be allowed to fester any longer.  I must confront Stan as soon as a meeting can be arranged about ministry funds. All the evidence (with explanation or lack thereof) I need is contained in the information he provided at the board meeting.  I want him to know and understand that I am his friend, as a friend and board member I must ask him to stop certain practices.  I do not want to - or intend to - get into the family issues in any way.  Pastor Scott is correct in insisting the two matters be kept separate from one another.

(Note: While Trudi and Elaine were in the ladies restroom following lunch, Elaine told Trudi that Pastor Scott had heard there was "whispering and murmuring" going on in the home group, and that Pastor Scott had requested a meeting with Stan to discuss the issue.)

Stan's home group would be dissolved in short order.

I hope Pastor Scott's message yesterday had a powerful impact on Stan, and he will admit that he must change, and cannot continue to run the ministry the way he has been.  I'm concerned he could be in deep trouble with the IRS if an audit is ever performed. I believe there is also a possibility of mail fraud, as Stan has used the mails to solicit funds through the ministry newsletter, and then used those funds for private benefit.

January 1, 2001:  I saw my father for the very last time at a New Year's gathering at a family members home.  This was the last time I saw my father and he has refused all contact with me since.  When I have written him over the years, he returns my mail to me unopened and marked 'refused' (click here).

January 4, 2001:  My father mails back to us the mortgage check (click here) my husband wrote him on December 25.  Twelve days later, my father tries to evict us.

January 6, 2001:  On about this date, Stan files a complaint with the Sarasota Sheriff's office against my husband in which he complains that my husband has stolen from him.  The police take the report and talk to the treasurer and quickly drop the matter.  My husband was never investigated, never interviewed by law enforcement, never charged with any crimes and never convicted of anything and yet, in a few days on January 25, Stan would call a special meeting of the board of directors of Stan Telchin Ministries during which he would tell the board my husband had committed numerous felonies against him and the ministry (click here to read the treasurer's comments about that board meeting).

My Father Takes Legal Action Against My Family The first of many, many letters Stan would have his lawyers send us. Here he serves my family and I with an eviction notice. We voluntarily left by the end of the month and I have not seen nor heard from my father since even to the point he returns my mail unopened and marked 'refused.'

January 12, 2001:  My father fires me as secretary of Stan Telchin Ministries and refuses to pay my last paycheck (click here). January 14, 2001:  Investigators with the Florida Department of Children and Families comes to the house and informs us that they have received a complaint we were abusing our nine year old son.  A comprehensive investigation commences and on April 4, 2001, we were cleared of all suspicion (click here). January 16, 2001:  Stan has his lawyer send us an eviction letter giving us until the end of the month to get out of the house.  We left January 31 and moved to Chicago. We have not heard from nor seen my father since and my every attempt to reach out to him has been met with dead silence. Even when I have written him letters, he returns them unopened and marked 'refused' (click here). January 17, 2001:  A policeman with the Sarasota County Sheriff's office comes to the house and tells us he is making a "courtesy call off the books."  He sits with us and tells us, "Stan is really out to get you guys.  You need to leave town as soon as you can."  He spends some time alone with our nine year son and encourages him.

January 25, 2001:  Stan calls a special meeting of the board of directors of Stan Telchin Ministries and announces to the board that my husband has committed numerous felony crimesagainst him and Stan Telchin Ministries (click here for the treasurer's comments on this).  What Stan represented was absolutely false and a lie. My husband was never investigated, arrested, charged or convicted of any such felonies against Stan or Stan Telchin Ministries.

January 26, 2001:  Stan has his lawyer send us a bizarre legal agreement (click here) to sign which states we won't be evicted if we sign the agreement and promise to keep quiet about what we know.  We refuse to sign and leave Florida at the end of the month and move to Chicago.

February 15, 2001: On or about this date and now living in the Chicago area, we found out that Stan Telchin Ministries board member, Don Hart worked, and lived close to us. My husband contacted Don Hart and asked Don to meet with us so we could go over what had been uncovered in the audit and Stan's subsequent response, in hopes that Don might be able to help bring a Biblical resolution to the matter. My husband mailed Don some documents and in a follow up call, Mr. Hart refused to meet with us. Don Hart now serves as a counselor at the Biblical Counseling Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois. On his staff bio, he proudly lists himself as past "member of the board of directors and the treasurer of Stan Telchin Ministries" (click here to see bio and scroll down page). It is rather ironic that Mr. Hart serves as a Biblical counselor. When it came to our plea for help and he had an opportunity to help, he refused.

March 2, 2001:  My husband writes Stan and informs him that if he does not come to the table within 30 days and make right what he has done, that criminal complaints will be filed against him with the Manatee County Sheriff's office (click here to read that letter).  There is no response from Stan and the complaints were filed. The Manatee County Sheriff's office would open an investigation and due to "multi jurisdictional" issues would then turn the investigation over to the FBI. The FBI would investigate and would spend hours debriefing both my husband as well as the former treasurer and would then turn the matter over to the IRS. In late 2002, Stan was called to an audit by the IRS and shortly thereafter, Stan Telchin Ministries was dissolved. April 2001:  My husband reviews the matter with detectives from the Manatee County Sheriff's office. This is a review of what has transpired and not a formal filing of criminal complaint.  My husband sends the detectives the financial ledger of Stan Telchin Ministries and other documents.  Two weeks later, the Manatee County Sheriff's office asks for a formal signed complaint which is then provided.  The 53 page complaint targets Stan Telchin for fraud, embezzlement, theft, extortion, filing of a false poice report, scheme to defraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, filing of false tax returns, tax evasion and conspiracy By the end of April, my father is the subject of a criminal investigation being conducted by the Manatee County Sheriff's office.  After about one month, the Manatee County Sheriff's office goes to the FBI and asks them to take over due to "multi jurisdictional issues."  Specifically, my father's solicitation of donor money from out of state using the USPS mail and Internet gives rise to suspicion of mail fraud and wire fraud (click here).  The matter was transferred to the IRS from the FBI and in late 2002, Stan was called to an audit and Stan Telchin Ministries was shortly thereafter dissolved (click here). April 2001: Having just discovered that Stan Telchin Ministries was forfeited by the state of Maryland in 1999, my husband writes Stan and tells him he has 30 days to correct the forfeiture and register with the state of Florida as required by law, or criminal complaints will be filed against Stan for the illegal operation he was involved in. Stan quickly files the article of revival documents. Shortly thereafter, the treasurer and board member would resign from Stan Telchin Ministries.

My Husband Warns Stan of Impending Criminal Complaints Against Him The audit uncovered serious abuses of donor money and what was believed to be serious illegal activity. The Manatee County Sheriff's office would eventually agree and bring the FBI in to assist. In this letter, my husband writes Stan and serves him formal notification that he will file criminal complaints agains my father unless he comes to the table and resolves the issues uncovered in the audit. A second letter was issued to Stan two weeks later. There was no response from Stan and law enforcement reviewed the matter and asked for the submission of a formal signed complaint. In less than a year and a half, the IRS would call Stan to an audit and Stan Telchin Ministries was shortly thereafter dissolved. (Click here to see the dissolution documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service.)

Stan Telchin Openly Lies to Supporters of His Ministry Having been fully informed in a detailed 12 page letter that he was now under investigation by the Manatee County Sheriff's office and the FBI, Stan sends out a newsletter to his donors and lies to them and openly insults my husband. In this newsletter, he says that the FBI is laughing about the matter. This newsletter was sent to law enforcement and they were not amused. Within a short period of time after sending this newsletter, the FBI would transfer the matter to the IRS who would call Stan to an audit. Shortly thereafter, Stan Telchin Ministries was dissolved never to operate as a non profit corporation again.

July 2001:  Stan sends a newsletter to all of his supporters announcing a new joint venture between Jews for Jesus and Stan (click here). July 13, 2001: My sister Judy, who has refused all contact with me since my mother's funeral in early 2000, sent me an email and told me that it is sad that I am "consumed with ruining" my father (click here). This is the last contact my sister had with me. I never had the opportunity to explain to her what took place in the family and my father very successfully divided us from one another. My father would use Judy to cover himself as shown in a November 16, 2002 email Judy would send my father in which she calls my husband a liar. Stan would then send that email to many people including his board memebers and Jews for Jesus (click here). July 30, 2001:  My husband writes a detailed 12 page letter to Jews for Jesus and Stan and formally informs them that criminal investigations are underway to include the FBI.  The letter is openly copied to law enforcement (click here to read this very important and detailed letter). August 4, 2001:  Moishe Rosen, founder of Jews for Jesus and Stan Telchin Ministries board member sends Stan an email and tells Stan, referring to my husband whom Moishe has never met and does not know, "The only thing you have to fear from this guy is the way he treats your daughter and Nico." Nico is our son.  This email was sent to Stan who then forwarded it to several people including the treasurer.  The treasurer then forwarded it to me (click here). August 17, 2001:  The board of Stan Telchin Ministries, including the founder of Jews for Jesus Moishe Rosen, writes my husband back and acknowledge receipt of the 12 page July 30 letter informing all concerned that Stan was now under a criminal investigation (click here). July 8, 2002: Due to the confusion that Stan Telchin and Jews for Jesus are creating regarding the criminal investigations, the FBI releases the following statement: "There are currently multiple agencies that are conducting preliminary inquiry into Stan Telchin Ministries, Inc. based upon allegations as set forth in a criminal complaint filed with law enforcement." The Manatee County Sheriff's office releases the following statement, "Manatee County Sheriff's office is assisting the FBI in the matter regarding Stan Telchin as a result of criminal complaints filed." July 21, 2002:  Almost a year later,  Jews for Jesus schedules Stan to speak at Terrace Palms Community Church.  After he speaks there, the church finds out he is the subject of a criminal investigation and that church files a criminal complaint against Stan and announces it in a Sunday morning bulletin (click here to see that bulletin).  In an extraordinary series of letters, Jews for Jesus writes the church and denies that any investigation is underway (click here to read the full story regarding this matter). It is the public action this church took against Stan that moved the scandal to a more public level and resulted in dozens of letters, emails and phone calls to me from people who have heard Stan speak.  Those communications continue to this day at a rapid pace.  It was at Terrace Palms Community Church that I was made aware, for the very first time, that my father claimed to have a Ph.D. and claimed to have been in a Ph.D. program.  Both claims are false (click here to read more about my father's Ph.D. claims). August 16, 2002:  Stan calls Detective Bud Johnson at the Manatee County Sheriff's office (click here) and says he "Wants to come down and work things out."  The detective informs Stan that is not necessary as the matter has been passed to the FBI.  Stan calls the FBI and offers the same and the FBI declines his offer. August 2002:  Stan sends a newsletter to his supporters announcing he is not under a criminal investigation and that he is actually under attack by Satan (click here). He also openly lies to his donors by telling them "the FBI is also probaby laughing."  The FBI was not laughing and they did not take kindly to Stan's representations.

October 4, 2002:  It has been almost two years since we left Florida and we have not returned since.  My father has refused all contact and I have not heard from him nor seen him in almost two years.  In a truly bizarre act, my father goes to the Circuit Court and files for a restraining order against my husband.  The court does not even grant him a hearing and denies his petition (click here).  Determined to get a restraining order, he then makes an appointment with a psychologist on October 9 and has a psychologist diagnose my husband without even meeting him, knowing him or ever having spoken to him.  Stan takes the letter from the psychologist (click here) and attaches it to yet another restraining order he filed with the Circuit Court on October 10 -- a mere week after the first petition was denied.  For a second time, and without so much as giving Stan even a hearing, the court denies his petition again (click here). My father tries yet a third time on November 5 and yet for a third time files with the Circuit Court.

Stan Signs Court Documents Under Oath As "Reverend" Despite There Being No Record of His Ordination Stan signs his name under oath as "Rev. Stan Telchin" in court documents.  His claim to have been ordained has been questioned for years as he will not produce his ordination credentials and the church where he claims he was ordained has not been able to locate any record of his ordination (click here to learn more about this issue.)

 Again, without so much as giving my father a hearing, the court denies his petition yet a third time (click here).  Unfortunately, Stan included in his petition to the court statements that he would then attribute to my husband's parents who live 3,000 miles away and had never had contact with my family.  When learning of what Stan had done, my husband's parents wrote Stan a signed and notarized letter demanding of my father that he cease his dishonest efforts (click here).  My father really hurt my husband's family in what he did. Stan signs all of his petitions under oath (click here to see signature from petition) as "Rev. Stan Telchin."  His claims to have been ordained are in serious question (click here) and he refuses to produce any ordination credentials. The issue of whether or not my father was ordained as he claims was first raised by IRS investigators. It was relevant to their investigation as Stan was exercising certain tax benefits afforded by the IRS to ministers.

October 2002:  The FBI investigation has been stalled for several month because of the events of 9-11.  The FBI picks the investigation back up and interviews my husband and the treasurer at length.  The FBI passes the matter to the IRS as the IRS (unknown to all of us) already had an investigation of Stan underway.  The IRS assumes full jurisdiction and calls Stan to an audit.  By the end of December, Stan Telchin Ministries has been dissolved, shut down (click here) and all assets transferred to Jews for Jesus with whom my father now works as a staff missionary.  Throughout this whole ordeal, Jews for Jesus has never once spoken to my husband, me or the treasurer and board member of Stan Telchin Ministries.

Stan Files False Federal Tax Return For Stan Telchin Ministries Excerpt from the federal tax returns Stan filed for Stan Telchin Ministries in 2000.  Here he lists my deceased mother as "secretary and treasurer." She was neither as she was deceased. He also lists her living at an address she never lived at or even ever visited.  He lists me living at an address I never lived at and Clark Tyler as "vice president."  He was not (click here to learn more about this tax return).

November 16, 2002: My sister Judy emails our father and says some pretty bad things about my husband. Stan seizes the opportunity to then forward that email to many people. The email was then forwarded to us by one of Stan's receipients (click here). I love my sister and miss her but I believe I will never have a relationship with her as long as my father is alive and continues to poison the family relationships. Although Judy may not understand it all, my father put her in as equally a deceptive and difficult position as he did me. The consequences of what my father has done has proven to be deadly to our families.

November 19, 2002:  Stan has his lawyer, Matthew Martell, send us the first  (click here) of what will be several letters of demand in which Stan threatens us with a lawsuit.  Each letter was ignored and turned over to law enforcement to be considered in their criminal investigation of Stan. In a December 27, 2002 letter of demand in which he threatens us with a lawsuit, Martell states, "We are confident the IRS will also find absolutely no merit to your numerous false and malicious allegations in the very near future." Stan Telchin Ministries was already in the process of being shut down following the IRS audit when Martell wrote this. Martell also writes, "It is obvious you wrote Richard and Pat Lee's November 17, 2002 letter." That letter (click here), written to Stan by my husband's parents, was notarized by them to prevent Stan from lying about the authorship of the letter. Stan lied anyway and Martell did his client a real disservice. Martell further places the blame for the damage done to Stan's reputation when he writes, "My client's reputation as a minister was greatly harmed due to your false and malicious accusations." Martell also writes that Stan has suffered "actual monetary damages" because of my husband and Martell also writes that my husband is to be blamed for the IRS and FBI involvement. In truth, the FBI became involved because the Manatee County Sheriff's office turned the investigation over to them. It had nothing to do with my husband. My husband warned my father in a March 2, 2001 letter that he was going to file a criminal complaint against Stan if Stan did not make right what he had done (click here to read that letter). My father never responded and as a consequence, criminal complaints were filed and my father found himself the subject of a serious criminal investigation. Now angry, Stan is blaming my husband for a damaged reputation and loss of money. What did he expect? My husband gave him ample warning and opportunity to resolve the matter but Stan refused.

January 2003: An investigator with the IRS releases the following statement: "The IRS has concluded the audit and Stan Telchin Ministries, Inc. will be dissolved. Federal law prohibits the IRS from disclosing the findings of the criminal investigation. Stan Telchin Ministries will not be listed in IRS Publication 78 - Cumulative List of Organizations. Stan Telchin Ministries is not eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions."

February 8, 2004:  It has been over two years since I have seen or even heard from my father.  In the two years, he has refused all contact with me and returns my mail unopened (click here).  He continues to travel far and wide and tell his audiences about his wonderful family and how Jesus saved all of us and we lived happily ever after.  Sick and tired of my father's deception, I wrote to him (click here) and told him to stop making me a part of his fraudulent testimony.  He refuses and as a consequence, www.atoxicfaith.com was established.  In recent years, my father has been caught repeatedly lying while giving his testimony in churches (click here).  On July 26, 2002, he was caught lying during his testimony at a church in New Jersey and was exposed in a major East Coast newspaper in a lengthy article (click here).  On February 15, 2004, he spoke at Venice Bible Church and told a remarkable lie to the audience concerning the circumstances of his conversion.  What made it so remarkable is that he actually contradicted what he wrote in his book "Betrayed!" which he would sell after his testimony (click here).

My Dad Returns All My Mail Unopened and Marked 'Refused' My father retained a lawyer and took hostile legal action against me and my family in January 2001. The last I ever saw or heard from him was on New Year's January 2001.  He has refused all contact with me since and returns my mail unopened and marked 'refused.'  Yet, he tells people that I am a "prodigal daughter situation" and he is waiting for me to come home and "make things right" as I am the one who "made the break with him."  My father's lying knows no bounds and has no restraint as he will say whatever whenever to make himself look good and to avoid any responsibility for what he has done.

March 19, 2004:  Stan emails a gentleman (later forwarded to me) who asks Stan to respond to the scandal in which he is immersed.  Stan writes back and lies to the gentleman (click here).  He also tells the gentleman that he received his "Doctor of Divinity" degree in May 2001.  This is somewhat misleading as it was an honorary degree given to him for serving as a commencement speaker. However, he was under a criminal investigation at the time and the school did not know that.  They would later say that had they known, Stan would not have been invited to speak (click here). After receiving the honrary doctorate, several churches would report that he came to their church and spoke presenting himself as "Dr. Stan Telchin" and that he would lead his audiences to believe it was earned. Several churches and numerous audience members reported great surprise to learn after he had spoken that the doctorate was honorary (click here).

Focus On The Family Cancels Stan's Appearance Stan has repeatedly claimed in his testimony that he has part of his Ph.D. and at one church said he actually had a Ph.D. He made the Ph.D. remarks, as well, in an appearance with Focus On The Family. My father has no Ph.D. and further, has never been in a Ph.D. program. When his Ph.D. claims were brought to the attention of Focus On The Family, they cancelled a second appearance and no longer sell his books or tapes. (Click here to learn more about Stan's Ph.D. claims.)

July 27, 2004:  Rob Knight, a gentleman in Texas, had some interest in hosting Stan for an event and noticed Stan was claiming to have been in a Ph.D. program as well as claiming to have a Ph.D. (click here).  Rob asks Stan about his Ph.D. and receiving no response, becomes suspicious of Stan's claims.  He takes the matter to Jews for Jesus and David Brickner writes back and confirms that Stan does not have a Ph.D. (click here).  Rob then, aware that Stan has an upcoming appearance on Focus On The Family and noting that in a previous appearance there Stan had talked about his Ph.D. studies, takes the matter to Focus On The Family.  They look into it and cancel Stan's upcoming appearance.  Focus On The Family also pulls Stan's books and tapes from their store and no longer sell them. Rob then spends a considerable amount of time reviewing all of the written materials concerning Stan Telchin Ministries and the subsequent investigations and closure of the ministry.  Concerned, Rob calls Stan direct and offers to help bring a resolution to the divide in the Telchin family.  Stan is unaware of Rob's perusal of the matter and Stan writes back and blames it all on Ann and calls her a "prodigal daughter" (click here). December 2004: The Canadian newspaper, Christian Week, prints an article saying Stan's latest book is divisive and dangerous (click here). The Messianic Times Newspaper prints a feature article in which Stan's latest book is characterized as divisive (click here).

January 2005: A remarkable public letter signed by fifteen prominent Christians from around the country is issued to CBA Marketplace. The letter denounces Stan's latest book and says that Stan is fostering disunity in the church (click here). February 2005: Charisma Magazine prints an article in which Stan's latest book is characterized as unbiblical (click here). April 19, 2005:  Stan emails a gentleman who asks about the controversy and Stan writes back and takes no responsibility and instead, blames us for his problems.  (Click here to see this email forwarded to me.) April 2005: The FBI comes to our home and talks with us regarding issues relating to Stan. The FBI requests of us a formal complaint regarding specific issues not yet known to the public. We decline the FBI request at that time telling them we need more time to think through matters. A year later, we would then move forward and work with the FBI and statements were taken. Scroll down to April 2006 for more information.

Audience Member Finds Out About Criminal Investigation To hear this audio recording, please click here

April 8, 2005: Jews for Jesus sends out a fundraising letter on Stan's behalf. Over a dozen receipients of this fundraising letter contacted me and expressed great surprise that Jews for Jesus was still supporting Stan and soliciting donations on his behalf. I am not surprised in the least as Jews for Jesus having never taken time to speak with me and learn what all has transpired, hasn't a clue as to what they are supporting. One former prominent executive with Jews for Jesus recently called me and said that Jews for Jesus is practicing "plausible deniability" when it comes to Stan. Call it what you want - I call it unbiblical. While Jews for Jesus preaches the reconciling ministry of Christ, they have helped to utterly destroy my family. Not once did Jews for Jesus ever pause and say, "There is a serious division in the Telchin family. What can we do to help bring the family together?" No, they just listened to Stan say he did nothing wrong and it was all our fault and they took that and not only ran with it, but repeated it.

July 2005: The Messianic Times Newspaper prints a feature written by the prominent Rev. Dr. David Sedaca who was Stan's most quoted source in his latest book. Sedaca invalidates what Stan wrote and states that the quotes Stan attributed to Sedaca were misleading and from a private paper Sedaca delivered (click here).

September 2005: My husband is subpoenead by the US Attorney's office to testify before a federal grand jury regarding a situation that originated with my father. As of August 2006, the matter was still under investigation according to the US Attorney handling the matter.

April 2006: We respond to the FBI's request for statements we made a year earlier, regarding matters relating to Stan that are not yet known by the public. Statements are taken from us by the FBI.

June 3, 2006:  Learning of the public scandal that has enveloped my father, a gentleman asks David Brickner, Executive Director, Jews for Jesus, about the matter and Brickner emails him and says the worst things about my husband (click here to see Brickner's email).  David Brickner has never met my husband and never once spoken to him and has grossly misrepresented what transpired.  This email was forwarded to me.

June 30, 2006:  A pastor of a church in New Jersey where Stan was scheduled to speak sends an email (later forwarded to me) in which he misrepresents the matter and states, "No action was taken by the police, IRS, or FBI..." concerning Stan. He further states, "It would seem as though this is a family conflict that has taken the route of accusation and trying to destroy Stan's ministry."  This pastor grossly misrepresents the matter and had never ever spoken to my husband or I.  This email was forwarded to me and last week this pastor ,in a telephone conversation, apologized sincerely to us and noted that he had not taken the time to really look into the matter (click here).

Stan Lies in His Book "Betrayed!" Recently my father, as scheduled by Jews for Jesus, spoke in a church in New Jersey. During his testimony he made the astonishing claim that "I was Man of The Year for The Hebrew Home for the Aged in Washington DC." His claim turned more than one ear in surprise for not only has he never received that award, The Hebrew Home For the Aged has never even given out that award. The above image is an excerpt from Stan's book "Betrayed!" in which he makes the same claim when he wrote the book 25 years ago. He does not name the organization in the book but having named it recently in his testimony, one can only conclude what he wrote in the book is a lie as well. The New Jersey Jewish Newspaper did a lengthy article on Stan following his appearance in the church and exposed him for not being truthful. (Click here to read that article).

September 6, 2006: The New Jersey Jewish Newspaper prints a front page story after having a reporter in attendance while Stan spoke at Calvary Chapel Crossroads in New Jersey where he was scheduled by Jews for Jesus. During my father's testimony, he made the astonishing claim that he was "Man of the Year for the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Washington, DC." This triggered several phone calls and emails to me from many people who heard my father as it is well known that the Hebrew Home for the Aged not only never gave Stan that award, but they have never even had such an award! The New Jersey Jewish News prints an article exposing my father for lying during his testimony. My father , 25 years ago, made the same claim in his book "Betrayed!" but never named the organization that gave it to him (click here to see the "Betrayed!" excerpt). Twenty five years later, he identifies the organization and reveals he is actually lying. Prior to publishing the article, the reporter, at my husband's urging, contacts Stan directly. Stan told the reporter (which was published in the article) that all of our allegations were "lies." He also insisted he was ordained as he claims. I insist he is not ordained as he claims and he refuses to produce the ordination credentials to confirm it (click here for more about the ordination issue). Stan goes on and says to the reporter, "Why would you want to get inot all this garbage and filfth and nonsense? Why do you want to attack the messenger? It's not me that is the issue, but the message I share. For six years this man (Chris Lee) has been trying to discredit me, but he doesn't know what he is talking about. He just makes allegations with no basis in fact. These are just lies out of the pit of hell. Why would you want to do something so evil, low and rotten to discredit me? (Chris Lee) thinks he's correct, but as God is my judge, he is not."

My husband has not been trying to discredit my father. My husband has diligently worked to correct the lies of my father that he put into the public record. It was the lies of my father, in an effort to protect himself and preserve his ministry, that destroyed our family.

September 14, 2006:  Learning that in early 2007, Stan will be speaking at Covenant Life Presbyterian Church, a gentleman brings the scandal to their attention.  Covenant Life is pastored by Larry Edison who served on the board of directors of Stan Telchin Ministries.  Daryl Davis, the associate pastor, writes the gentleman back and like Brickner, says the worst things about my husband and totally misrepresents the truth of what has transpired (click here to see his email). This email was forwarded to me.  Pastor Davis engaged in slander and gossip of the worst kind and we took real offense as to what he wrote and especially given that we don't know him and we have never met him.  He writes in his email that the board of elders had met to deal with the situation back in 2000. Perhaps they did - I don't know but I do know if they did, those elders never called us or bothered to find out what the real truth was.

October 15, 2006: The FBI releases the following statement: "Six months ago the FBI based out of Las Vegas, Nevada took receipt of a complaint regarding Stan Telchin and passed the matter to the state of Florida which has full jurisdiction." We are not privy to the details of this investigation or what may or may not be unfolding.

October 30, 2006: In direct response to what Pastor Daryl Davis at Covenant Life Presbyterian Church has represented, as well as what Jews for Jesus and Stan continue to represent, the Manatee County Sheriff's office is contacted and asked to release an official statement clarifying the matter (click here to read that statement.)

June 13, 2012: Some thoughts regarding my father's passing ...

A week ago Monday and a few hours after my father passed away, I was notified of his death. Since then, the funeral has taken place and I could not help but to note that Stan's wife, Elaine, nor my sister Judy had sense enough to even notify me. Many others did though and I am appreciative for them. I also noted with interest that in Stan's obituary in the Sarasota Herald Tribune that I was omitted along with my husband and my son - Stan's youngest grandchild. I was not surprised in the least as in the last couple years as my father's health failed, I was told many times I would be excluded not only from the funeral, but the obituary as well.

Though I did not attend my father's funeral, many attendees knew well in advance I would not be invited and as a result, I was sent a couple recordings and listened with great sadness as it appears, even in my father's death and afterwards, the lies and deceit will continue regarding him, his ministry, and our family. Michael Taillon, my sister Judy's husband, eulogized my father and in apparent reference to the tragedy that my father brought to our family said,

"Several years ago there was a plot to destroy Stan. Lies were told about him, and sadly some people believed them. A lesser man may have turned and run, but San stood firm in the face of allegations, and was found blameless."

The facts simply do not support Michael's claim. There was never "a plot to destroy Stan." There was, however, an audit conducted regarding Stan's handling of donor money and it was Stan's response to what was uncovered that led to such tragedy for my family and others. The audit findings ultimately led to Stan being the subject of a criminal investigation opened by the Manatee County Sheriff's office, the FBI, and the TEGE Division of the IRS which subsequently forfeited and closed Stan Telchin Ministries.

Since his funeral, I have received several dozen letters, emails, and phone calls from other members of the extended family and general public, expressing their condolences and almost without fail, each person has expressed real discomfort over what Stan did and how he lived his final years at the direct expense of so many - including his own family. This is particularly true of many who attended his funeral and knew him well and knew what he had done to his family. One gentleman wrote, "I realize most comments made at funerals emphasize what a great person the deceased was, so I expected that. But some of the words were really over the top for me, especially in light of what I knew about the man."

This really does sum up my father's legacy; he was one face in the pulpit but an entirely different face in private and at home.

While certainly my father knew right from wrong, as he preached from the pulpit, in his later years his eroding standards, moral ambiguity, and preservation of self led to unimaginable tragedy in the lives of so many people. Sadly, it was all done in the name of Christ. My father did not love integrity in his personal or professional life; he did not practice trustworthiness in leadership; he did not seek purity in spiritual formation or theology. He did not facilitate fairness with his family or community, and most important of all, he was accountable to no one but himself. This is the great tragedy of Stan Telchin's life and ministry and this is the great lesson that others can learn from my father,

Where there is no accountability, there is no ministry.

This tragic chapter comes to a close now. I will always remember fondly the good memories I had with my father, my mother, and my sister. But for my remaining days, I will always look back on my father's ministry with derision for ultimately, it was his ministry, his love of money, and his love of a public position that he loved most. He loved it with such passion that when held to account, he sacrificed his family for it. My family was destroyed because of my father's ministry and he died leaving many people confused, hurt, and divided.

While in the public domain my father mastered the art of presenting a pastoral face and that of an elderly God-fearing man, at home with his family and in his personal life the fruits of the Holy Spirit were never made manifest. While in public he proclaimed the power of God, it was that very redeeming power and ministry of the Holy Spirit he denied to his own family. In short, he practiced a juvenile form of Christianity that served only his interests.

I suspect many would be shocked to know that other than a nine month course of study in 1980 at Kenneth Hagin's Rhema Bible Training Center, my father's only other education was a bachelors degree in speech and masters degree in drama from Catholic University when he was studying to be a Shakespearean actor in the 1950's. Contrary to what he claimed over the years, he was not ordained and he never had a Ph.D. In short, my father was not qualified to be in ministry. In this celebrity-driven modern culture of Christianity we live in, he used his professional training as an actor and found his stage and a receptive audience among unsuspecting Christians. Barry Rubin, Rabbi of the oldest Messianic congregation in the U.S. and director of Messianic Jewish Communications, summed it up best when he said in an article in the December 2004 issue of The Messianic News Times,

"Stan Telchin is not a theologian, he is not a leader of any Messianic Congregation,
and he is in no way a spokesman for Messianic Judaism, and yet he has
chosen to act as if he were."

This is a fair assessment of my father as ultimately, he was just an actor masquerading (as my father said many times) "as God's personal agent to the Jewish people." I can only quietly hope that perhaps in the years ahead, the truth will continue to come out and in so doing, bring peace and restoration to so many who were left so hurt and deeply wounded by how my father lived his life. Afterall, it is only in the truth that we are made free.

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