Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts U.

[markofthebest]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ORAL_ROBERTS_SCANDAL?SITE=FLSTU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

"Richard Roberts is accused of illegal involvement in a local political campaign and lavish spending at donors' expense, including numerous home remodeling projects, use of the university jet for his daughter's senior trip to the Bahamas, and a red Mercedes convertible and a Lexus SUV for his wife, Lindsay.

She is accused of dropping tens of thousands of dollars on clothes, awarding nonacademic scholarships to friends of her children and sending scores of text messages on university-issued cell phones to people described in the lawsuit as "underage males."

What a surprise. Not.

[DUB]

Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts U.

Twenty years ago, televangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for Roberts' university, or else he would be "called home."

Now, his son, Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts, says God is speaking again, telling him to deny lurid allegations in a lawsuit that threatens to engulf this 44-year-old Bible Belt college in scandal.

Richard Roberts is accused of illegal involvement in a local political campaign and lavish spending at donors' expense, including numerous home remodeling projects, use of the university jet for his daughter's senior trip to the Bahamas, and a red Mercedes convertible and a Lexus SUV for his wife, Lindsay.

She is accused of dropping tens of thousands of dollars on clothes, awarding nonacademic scholarships to friends of her children and sending scores of text messages on university-issued cell phones to people described in the lawsuit as "underage males."

At a chapel service this week on the 5,300-student campus known for its 60-foot-tall bronze sculpture of praying hands, Roberts said God told him: "We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit ... is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion."

San Antonio televangelist John Hagee, a member of the ORU board of regents, said the university's executive board "is conducting a full and thorough investigation."
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http://www.star-telegram.com/462/story/258257.html

[InHisSteps]

1. What the media is reporting is biased and untrue. How do I know? b/c my family member went on the reference bahamas trip.

2. The church is under attack and the lame stream media are actively leading the charge to attack. (I only believe less than half of public news coverage)

3. ORU is my alma mater. So, I'm fiercely loyal:nod

Maranatha

[SuzyQ]

It will interesting to see how this unfolds............my GOD let the truth of all involved be know.

[A BELIEVER]

Does anyone remember when O.R. said God told him if he didn't raise $8,000,000 in 2 weeks "he's going to take my life".... "for the love of money is the root of all evil"

[markofthebest]

I'm thinking another WOF Wolf just got busted....

[heybales219]

I'm thinking another WOF Wolf just got busted....

I'm afraid you might be right.

[TeachMe]

Does anyone remember when O.R. said God told him if he didn't raise $8,000,000 in 2 weeks "he's going to take my life".... "for the love of money is the root of all evil"

I remember.

[SuzyQ]

To Markofthebest....not trying to sidetrack this post, but I had to smile when I seen your a Southerner marooned in Yankee land..............I am a Yankee trapped in Southerner land. I never knew I was a Yankee till I moved here.

Ok back to ORU scandal

[markofthebest]

To Markofthebeast....not trying to sidetrack this post, but I had to smile when I seen your a Southerner marooned in Yankee land..............I am a Yankee trapped in Southerner land. I never knew I was a Yankee till I moved here.

Ok back to ORU scandal

Suzy - you just don't realize how lucky you are!!!!