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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #105 on: February 13, 2010, 06:53:44 AM »

Who told you this? Who are you, and what did you experience? There  are a number of untruths in what you have stated here.

Kindly be specific, don't just generically call me a liar please, identify each thing you are claiming is a lie, and I will provide the documents and quotes to support what I said. Sound fair, Johann?

I have hardly any information from Linda Shelton nor Darrell Mundall in comparison with information gained from Walt Thompson and Danny Shelton himself.

You keep saying that but the problem is that in all the communications which have been published between you and them, you are seeking them out, and disagreeing with and attacking them based on information and stories you heard from Linda, and not based on what you yourself saw or witnessed. Please name one piece of information which you gained, from Walt Thompson or Danny Shelton or judgment you formed against them which is independent of her influence and your bias and preconceived notions based on what she told you.  


Were you in Norway when Linda was there? What did you experience during her stay there? False rumors of what happened there started all of this. And then you dare claiming that I did not experience anything myself. Your claims make you untrustworthy.

You came for a short visit and then returned home within hours. You, yourself, only know what you were told, as you weren't there, Johann. You are not in a position to be a witness as to what is or is not true during her first stay there.

As to her later visits, you cannot say either, in fact you on numerous occasions on BSDA and elsewhere testified she never returned until you wife, Irmgard's funeral, so it sounds like you had no personal  knowledge of what did or did not happen when she visited the Dr again.

When I later on different occasions confronted a couple of members of the board with what I had experienced I was told that what really happened did not matter. Their only concern was that, according to their opinion, 3ABN could not go on without Danny Shelton, and therefore it made no difference who was telling the truth. I also have an e-mail from Danny himself where he claims that the truth is only what he thinks will benefit himself - and thereby 3ABN.

You almost never identify anyone, or even quote them, and this testimony of yours about the board members doesn't match what I know of them and of the circumstances. I am not calling you a liar here, but I am saying at best that is how you viewed it, and how you remember it, but I don't believe that is what they actually said or meant.

As Far as your claim about Danny's email  "he claims that the truth is only what he thinks will benefit himself - and thereby 3ABN." If you have the letter , produce it, unedited, and prove he said that, for I don't believe that either.

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He has made a case and tells the story of being fired for not saying what Danny Shelton told him to, that may be true to a fault. Danny Shelton told him that it wasn't about he, Danny Shelton and it wasn't about Linda Shelton it was about the ministry of 3ABN and putting the ministry and what was right first. He didn't and still doesn't believe that.

Who is "he" here? Danny Shelton?

No. I am sorry "he" is you, Johann. They kept telling you it was about 3ABN and God's ministry, and doing the right thing but you kept making it all about Linda, and how Danny was wrong and how Linda had been wronged, so had to believe they were lying and it was really all about Danny as far as they were concerned, in order to keep justifying yourself and your view.



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This is my observation and I believe it to be just as valid and appropriate as Artiste trusts that Johann's is.

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And what is your observation?



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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #106 on: February 13, 2010, 07:05:04 PM »

3ABN_Defender,

I've followed the Linda/Danny saga on BSDA, etc. for years, and it is still unclear just what the evidence is that Linda had sexual relations with the Dr., giving Danny Biblical grounds for divorcing Linda and marrying Brandy. 

Exactly what is this evidence that convinced the 3ABN board that Danny was Biblically justified in divorcing Linda and marrying Brandy?

Would it be enough proof that would hold up in court if Danny divorced Linda on the grounds of adultery?
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #107 on: February 14, 2010, 05:41:16 AM »

You heard?  come one, Bob, you have to give me better than that.

Di, I was responding to your statement where you said, "However, my point is that the IRS looked over all of the documents, right, and they did not find anything out of line, not even worth a fine or slap on the wrist." Thus far, the best anyone has been able to come up with to substantiate such a claim is what they heard. Walt Thompson's affidavit to that effect only repeats what he heard.

AND are you quoting yourself?   Come on, Bob.  You know I believe Danny is shady as all get out, but you have got to give me better than that.

Did you notice carefully what I quoted? "One detail in particular [in the Remnant documents] would be of special interest to the IRS, destroying any chance of exoneration." The facts are the facts.

Now if Danny wants to come on here and explain in detail how that one detail would not be of interest to the IRS, and would not destroy any chance of exoneration, that's fine with me.

Di, I quote here from pp. 11-12 of http://www.3abnvjoy.com/1st-cir-08-2457/1st-cir-08-2457-appellants-motion-to-enlarge-record-11-19-07.pdf:

"The Remnant documents decisively address the issue of the possibility of IRS exoneration, since they prove conclusively that Shelton received kickbacks and sought to conceal his income. One detail in particular would be of special interest to the IRS, destroying any chance of exoneration. (Pickle Aff. pp. 7–9 at ¶¶ 29, 32)."

We heard that 3ABN or some of its directors paid a huge amount to the IRS. They wouldn't have done so if the IRS hadn't found anything out of line.


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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #108 on: February 14, 2010, 06:10:23 AM »

The IRS, themselves, state they have a practice of making wrongdoing and problems public in order to deter others, so I have no idea why you think they would abandon that practice where 3ABN is concerned.

The IRS is forbidden statutorily to share tax return information, except for items that are open to public inspection, unless the tax payer signs a release. Thus, if a consent decree was signed which ended the criminal investigation without charges being filed, and if no provision was made for the IRS to share any information, the IRS can't make anything public.

Get Danny and 3ABN to sign a release and then post it here. We can then use that release to request information from the IRS which might settle this controversy.

Without a release, my understanding is that the IRS can't even admit there ever was an investigation.

As to the rest of your post, I'm not sure what needs responding to. If you think payments made in connection with a consent decree need to appear on 3ABN's books if others, not 3ABN, paid those amounts, then I think you are the one who needs to support your assertion. And if the amounts paid constitute a significant portion of what the IRS would have obtained if the IRS had prevailed, I can't see how anyone out there could rightfully call that a bribe.
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #109 on: February 14, 2010, 01:08:07 PM »

I understand that ten days from now there will be a historic hearing in an attempt to make a settlement in Danny Shelton's second marriage. In that connection it might be interesting to know if and how and when the settlement is or has been made in Danny Shelton's third marriage? Has it been possible for him to finalize a settlement of his third marriage before reaching a settlement in his second marriage?
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #110 on: February 14, 2010, 05:28:08 PM »

I understand that ten days from now there will be a historic hearing in an attempt to make a settlement in Danny Shelton's second marriage. In that connection it might be interesting to know if and how and when the settlement is or has been made in Danny Shelton's third marriage? Has it been possible for him to finalize a settlement of his third marriage before reaching a settlement in his second marriage?

Oh please! Enough of the needless hyperbole.
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #111 on: February 14, 2010, 11:55:44 PM »

I understand that ten days from now there will be a historic hearing in an attempt to make a settlement in Danny Shelton's second marriage. In that connection it might be interesting to know if and how and when the settlement is or has been made in Danny Shelton's third marriage? Has it been possible for him to finalize a settlement of his third marriage before reaching a settlement in his second marriage?

Oh please! Enough of the needless hyperbole.

Am I being obtuse?  Usually I recognise hyperbole as it is not something for which I have great admiration....but I am struggling to see any in Johann's post.   Is the word "historic" drawing your fire, Anyman?
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #112 on: February 15, 2010, 02:47:30 AM »

Hyperbole is a commonly used literary device found in Scripture, used both by Jesus Christ, David, and Solomon, according to my English teacher at Emmanuel Missionary College. Is that the reason some people do not read the Bible?
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #113 on: February 15, 2010, 05:30:17 AM »

I understand that ten days from now there will be a historic hearing in an attempt to make a settlement in Danny Shelton's second marriage. In that connection it might be interesting to know if and how and when the settlement is or has been made in Danny Shelton's third marriage? Has it been possible for him to finalize a settlement of his third marriage before reaching a settlement in his second marriage?

Oh please! Enough of the needless hyperbole.

Am I being obtuse?  Usually I recognise hyperbole as it is not something for which I have great admiration....but I am struggling to see any in Johann's post.   Is the word "historic" drawing your fire, Anyman?

I believe it would be referring to the next scheduled event in the settlement case as a "historic hearing" that is the exaggeration. It is routine and not in any way unusual
as far as divorce proceedings and settlement issues go.

It would be more interesting if Johann would have explained those two latest failure to show cause/ failure to appear notices... I am sure Linda's friends would have been all over it if they had been against Danny.

Johann is often not very helpful to Linda, although I am sure that is his intention. He has all along exaggerated and portrayed her as without and yet back in 2004 when she received a total of 490,000, that should have been more than enough for one single woman without any dependents to live on for awhile, considering the average family income in Illinois was 49,028 then and it would have taken them about a hundred years to make that same amount. Yet 6 years later she is selling her house: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/birds-eye-view-map/75512555_zpid/#birds-eye-view and not only hasn't paid off the alleged loan she got from her Doctor friend, but has him paying her legal fees as she can't afford that either.

Even apart from the issue of Danny or Linda's divorce and who is right and who is wrong issues, I really have no patience for the whining and complaining and poor little Linda stories (lies) or how she can't have a ministry,( anyone can have a ministry if they choose to, you don't have to be a star to do so, and if God be for you who can be against you) because immediately after her divorce she went traveling in Europe, returned home and bought her house in Springfield in Sept 2004 . She published the following letter to her supporters just days afterword stating she had been in Southern Illinois the entire time licking her wounds.

"Many people have been asking "Where is Linda Shelton?" Well, she's been tucked away in the woods here in Southern Illinois nearly three months. It's been a wonderful quiet retreat where I can heal from the scars of spiritual and mental warfare."

 A lie which is easily proven by her own letters given to Pickle and Joy to publish where she explains to Danny she needs to go,(June 2004) and another letter discussing her return and wanting to move the furniture to her new house (Sept 2004)

And despite the 240,000 from 3ABN, and an additional 150,000 from Danny she could not afford to pay 5-6000 to start her own ministry? For those who don't know what I am referring to. The same time she put the above letter on her website (Sept 2004)  the following was also added. quote:

"The Lord has laid on my heart to begin a production studio which will produce Christ-centered programs on a full-time basis. These programs can be shown on other networks and local Christian stations. One thing I learned at 3ABN is that there is never too many Christian programs. There is a huge demand for high quality Christ-centered programs that bring God’s message to the hearts of searching people. Already I have been approached by some who are willing to support this production studio. Although their funding is not available right now, their desire to help has encouraged me so much...and I’m ready to get started. It is estimated that the legal work to obtain a non-profit status in Illinois will cost approximately 5-6 thousand dollars. This is the first step. If the Lord is laying a burden on your heart to help with this stepping stone of faith, please send your donations to P.O. Box 2202, Carbondale, IL 62902. THANK YOU so much!!"

She hasn't done that to this day, and that cannot be blamed on DS or 3ABN, nor has she done anything else and all her supporters and representatives  give all these pathetic excuses why she isn't able to get a regular job like regular people do, and has no ministry nor money  6 years later. No explanation has ever been given for what happened to those donations she solicited for over a year.

No surprise they portray her that way. Linda claims the same in her oral arguments in court.. ( Many thanks to one of her friends and supporters who has made documents from the property case available)

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Now I am not even able to make a living for myself because every time I am invited to sing or speak somewhere, my ex-husband and members of the Board of 3 ABN call those who invite me and threaten them if they do not dis-invite me...Without a means of making a living, I could not buy a home. No one will loan money to a single woman who has no job and no source of income. Fortunately, the man also accused in this case,... was concerned enough about me and my plight to loan me money to buy a home. I signed legal papers for this loan which I intend to pay back as soon the harassment by my ex-husband, my former “best friend”, and 3 ABN stops, so I can begin to make a living....Because of the harassment by my ex-husband and my former employer, 3 ABN, against anyone who invites me to speak or sing, I have no income. I have even had to rely on the good graces of this man to loan me enough money to pay my attorney in order for both of us to appear here in court today. Other than my two grown children, this man is practically the only friend I have left who cares about what happens to me."

Interesting, with all of you, including Gregory Matthews, Johann, Mundall, and sonshineonme who have stood by her and defended her, she claims in court that with the exception of her grown children, Doctor Abrahamsson is practically the only friend she has left who cares what happens to her. You people need to wake up!


I understand you all probably don't want to hear this and won't like it, the truth can hurt, so if you feel you need to delete my post here, I will have someone copy it elsewhere


Hyperbole is a commonly used literary device found in Scripture, used both by Jesus Christ, David, and Solomon, according to my English teacher at Emmanuel Missionary College. Is that the reason some people do not read the Bible?

It seems to me that rather it would be those who read it, but regard the Word of God as hyperbole (an obvious and intentional exaggeration, an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally) who are more of a problem as they are less inclined to take what is said seriously, and treat the bible as a salad bar, picking and choosing only what they want to accept or believe, and disregarding the parts they don't, while proclaiming they are sheep rather than goats.


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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #114 on: February 15, 2010, 05:56:28 AM »

It would be more interesting if Johann would have explained those two latest failure to show cause/ failure to appear notices... I am sure Linda's friends would have been all over it if they had been against Danny.


But weren't those against Danny?

He has all along exaggerated and portrayed her as without and yet back in 2004 when she received a total of 490,000, that should have been more than enough for one single woman without any dependents to live on for awhile, considering the average family income in Illinois was 49,028 then and it would have taken them about a hundred years to make that same amount.

Are you sure $490,000 is the correct amount?

Why are you saying that $49,028 x 100 = $490,000?

Remember, Linda was married to Danny for a long time. Based on Remnant's 990's, Danny made between $749,000 and $809,000 from 2005 to 2007, and yet reported $0 of that income on his July 2006 financial affidavit. Where did all that money go?

Regardless of everything else you have written, it is still wrong for Danny Shelton to refuse to disclose his assets and income, and to fairly divide those with his former wife. It's going on 6 years after the divorce!
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #115 on: February 15, 2010, 06:00:25 AM »


Did you notice carefully what I quoted? "One detail in particular [in the Remnant documents] would be of special interest to the IRS, destroying any chance of exoneration." The facts are the facts.

Really Bob, who cares what you said or think when it comes to proving something? Just because you say it, or quote yourself saying it doesn't make it a fact.

The fact is the IRS already had all your complaints to investigate as you know very well. They already had copies of all the documents, and they exonerated them and asked 3abn if they wanted the documents back or if they should just destroy them as they weren't needed anymore.

Get over yourself!



If you think payments made in connection with a consent decree need to appear on 3ABN's books if others, not 3ABN, paid those amounts, then I think you are the one who needs to support your assertion. And if the amounts paid constitute a significant portion of what the IRS would have obtained if the IRS had prevailed, I can't see how anyone out there could rightfully call that a bribe.

There is no consent decree, and even if there had been it wouldn't matter who paid it, it would have had to be credited as a payment for 3ABN. The amount owed would be in 3abn's name and part of their records and books as well as the governmental records...

Why are you claiming there was a consent decree anyway? You should know full well it requires a Judge, and that there was no IRS court case or litigation filed against 3ABN by the IRs where a Consent Judgment was even made leading to a Judge either issuing a consent decree, or signing and administrating to a stipulated one.

That is why you didn't answer what was asked of you, you can't. Your claims are ridiculous and made up. Again, get over yourself!
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #116 on: February 15, 2010, 06:24:19 AM »

It would be more interesting if Johann would have explained those two latest failure to show cause/ failure to appear notices... I am sure Linda's friends would have been all over it if they had been against Danny.


But weren't those against Danny?

Smile. You tell us, Bob.


He has all along exaggerated and portrayed her as without and yet back in 2004 when she received a total of 490,000, that should have been more than enough for one single woman without any dependents to live on for awhile, considering the average family income in Illinois was 49,028 then and it would have taken them about a hundred years to make that same amount.

Are you sure $490,000 is the correct amount?

I seem to remember a 3abn settlement of 240,000
a payment from Danny for her half of the house for 150,000
and 100,000 from Arvild Abrahamsson.... of course she also got the rights to all the music she had sole or partial contributions to, as well as whatever she got for selling the mobile home she had purchased and which Johann said he and the Dr went to see when they came to Illinois in May of 2004.


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Why are you saying that $49,028 x 100 = $490,000?

lol, my quess is Nosir Myzing can't multiply or is practicing using hyperbole.


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Remember, Linda was married to Danny for a long time. Based on Remnant's 990's, Danny made between $749,000 and $809,000 from 2005 to 2007, and yet reported $0 of that income on his July 2006 financial affidavit. Where did all that money go?

Regardless of everything else you have written, it is still wrong for Danny Shelton to refuse to disclose his assets and income, and to fairly divide those with his former wife. It's going on 6 years after the divorce!


Remember Linda is only entitled to her part of the Marital property they had before the divorce in June of 2004 which was not included in the property division agreement which was faxed to her Lawyer back in May of 2004 and which she voluntarily signed on June 4th. What happened after that whether financial, personal, business or ministry wise is none of her business, or concern or yours either.

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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #117 on: February 15, 2010, 08:22:48 AM »

3ABN_Defender,

I've followed the Linda/Danny saga on BSDA, etc. for years, and it is still unclear just what the evidence is that Linda had sexual relations with the Dr., giving Danny Biblical grounds for divorcing Linda and marrying Brandy.  

Exactly what is this evidence that convinced the 3ABN board that Danny was Biblically justified in divorcing Linda and marrying Brandy?

Would it be enough proof that would hold up in court if Danny divorced Linda on the grounds of adultery?

Amazinggrace,

The following is my understanding. Even though, Linda's friends and supporters have been claiming on her behalf that she was fired for adultery/spiritual adultery.(The claim that she was fired for adultery fuels their claim that she was wrongfully terminated, as she claims she has never committed adultery) 3ABN on the other hand has always maintained they did not fire her for adultery or remove her from her position on the board and as vice President for adultery- spiritual or otherwise.

They have never responded to the demands that the evidence all be made public by themselves  because IMHO it is a non issue with them where she is concerned.

In the letter of explanation after Danny's remarriage in March of 2006 almost 2 years later, the Chairman of the 3abn board, Dr Thompson, wrote that the board did carefully go through all the evidence when the issue of Danny's remarriage came up. They needed to determine as the ministry board whether there was a problem with him doing so. If there had been it would have affected his role and position at 3ABN, so the evidence was needed by them as far as Danny was concerned. They were satisfied at that time that Danny had a biblical right to remarry. That was their job, and their business and not public information. Without seeing it themselves others IMHO have no right to criticize or accuse them.

The issue of infidelity and the divorce in June of 2004 is a private one, and is actually one between Linda and Danny. I do know that her Lawyer early on sent a letter on her behalf to Danny threatening a lawsuit if anything was said or revealed. I know there is the letter allegedly from Linda demanding that the evidence be revealed, but there is some question of which parts of that letter was written by her and which by another as was posted on BSDA the first time it was published. She apparently hadn't authorized it and it wasn't in it's final form. In addition there have been more than several occasions where she could have had all revealed and didn't for various reasons. One being at her own Church when she decided to drop her membership rather than attend and deal with a possible censure and have it all presented,another the attempted ASI resolution where they agreed to consider the issue of the divorce and remarriage and she said nothing, while her representatives tried to bring up many other issues. Even within the last year one of her supporters wanted to see all the evidence and Danny asked them to go back to Linda and get her authorization and promise not to hold him liable before handing it over, and Linda would not agree and has not given that.

That's all I can really tell you.

What I am saying is I don't know if you or anyone outside of those who's business it was to know and look at it will ever see the so called evidence. I am not convinced Linda even wants anyone to, and even if she did, I am not convinced it is our business.

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« Reply #118 on: February 15, 2010, 09:26:17 AM »

All this discussion brings to mind a pertinent question, Who is really the father of T. . . . D. . .  M. . .  ?
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Re: Motion re: MidCountry Bank records
« Reply #119 on: February 15, 2010, 11:19:44 AM »

The following statement made by Dr. Arild Abrahamsen 4 years ago answers the main arguments brought below by the various DSDefenders.


June 20, 2006


Greetings from Norway;

My name is Dr. Arild Abrahamsen. I live in Svindal, Norway. I have been a medical doctor for more than 35 years. I am a member of the Moss SDA Church. I've been the Sabbath School Superintendent for 14 years and the head elder for 4 years, which position I am presently serving. I am the Norwegian
doctor who has been slandered by Dr. Walt Thompson, chairman of the board of 3ABN, Danny Shelton, John Lomacang and others.

Since I have observed the situation and the slander only getting worse, I feel it best to share my experience. I share my personal experience, what I have seen and heard. Much of this information has been verified by other sources, which include emails, letters and the personal experiences of others. I share my experience not to attack any ndividual or organization, but to bring the truth of this situation to the surface.

I have been shocked to observe the events of the last two years. I have made no public statement until now. I had hoped things would resolve themselves.

I visited Johann and Irmgard Thorvaldsson at 3ABN the last week of 2003. The purpose of the trip was to see them and visit the ministry, which I personally had been supporting for some time. I had never been to 3ABN previously, nor had I met the Shelton's. During this visit I discovered from the Thorvaldsson's that Linda Shelton's son, Nathan, was in a dangerous state of health because of an addiction to drugs and working in coalmines. I offered to see him. This visit resulted in an invitation for Nathan to come to Norway for treatments. Nathan came to Norway around January 20, 2004 along with his friend, Dava Vice. Linda came for a 3-½ day visit to support her son, the first week of February together with Brenda Walsh. This was the last time I saw Linda until the weekend she was fired.

I had a chance to visit with Nathan regularly. I learned from my conversations with Nathan that the roots of his drug problems were the relationships with his father and stepfather. Specifically he told me that Danny had turned his back on him. I shared this information with his mother
on the phone. She told me that Danny said he had no responsibility towards Nathan since he was a product of her first marriage, so she felt she had to do what she could to help her son. There was nothing unusual in the
occasional phone reports I gave Nathan's mother while he was in Norway. After Nathan returned home, I asked Linda to keep me updated on Nathan's progress.

I was shocked to discover in early March of 2004 that Danny was threatening to get Linda fired from 3ABN because of some conversations on the phone. In fact, she was threatened immediately with divorce. By this time Nathan had started with drugs again and Linda was seeking advice. I was also shocked to discover that Brenda had started circulating untrue statements as well. (Was it because Danny had admitted to some emotional involvement with Brenda?) I
talked to Danny one time on the phone and found him to be unreasonable, unbalanced and very difficult to communicate with. Johann Thorvaldsson, a
retired pastor of the SDA Church of 50 years, also was in communication with Danny, both by phone and email. We talked together and shared the same opinion that Danny was acting completely irrational and unreasonable towards his wife. It appeared he was attempting to leave an email trail filled with untruths to verify a position at a later time. The decision was made to stop the communication by phone with Linda.

Some weeks went by. Johann and Irmgard were getting treatments at my clinic and staying in my home during the Easter week in April, so I discovered from
them that the situation was not improving for Linda. She was being harassed, threatened, and unreasonable demands by her husband were repeatedly being made to confess things she had not done. By this time, she was also suspended from her job at 3ABN, an order that was issued and enforced by her husband with no Board action. Things were so bad in the home that she found it necessary to go to her daughter's home in Springfield, Illinois for safety and rest on several occasions. Derrell Mundall, who was traveling often for 3ABN, reports rumors of Linda's so-called "affair" were in
SDA churches in April 2004, when Linda was still living with Danny. When he inquired about the source of the rumors, people always pointed to Danny Shelton.

I could see from my 35 years of experience as a physician that Danny was a psychopath. Accusations were directed at me that I had done "mind control" over Linda. (Walt Thompson made the same accusations in his letters.) Linda was accused of sending "secret messages" to me over the television. Danny's emails and communications with Johann were completely crazy, and his reasoning often conflicted with his previous emails. Danny targeted Linda's few inner circle confidants and slandered her to the point that even they backed away from her at this critical time. (Linda's "friends" did not want to lose their television privileges.) Johann and I concluded this was a man who was determined to get rid of his wife. We also concluded that Linda was in danger.

Things eventually progressed from emotional and mental abuse to physical abuse. In the midst of all this harassment Linda asked Danny, 'Why are you treating me like this?' He answered, 'Because I want you to get out.'

Considering the urgency of the situation I allowed the conversations to resume. Linda knew, with her high profile status, that confiding with local people regarding these issues would be very bad for the ministry. I had given counsel to people in difficulty in the past and felt I could be helpful from a distance in this situation. I encouraged Linda to fight for her marriage and ministry many times. This she really did, but she often had to leave her home to find refuge at her daughter's apartment in Springfield, even in the middle of the night because of Danny's behavior. At times like these she was afraid of him. She always returned to her home after a couple of days seeking to try to mend the marriage, but Danny would not allow this.

During the spring of 2004 Danny called my pastor in Norway. Danny tried to get me kicked out as an elder and as a member of the church. My pastor told me about the conversation and he said, "He is mentally sick, he needs professional help."

I find it very disturbing that Walt Thompson defended and continues to defend Danny although he was a witness repeatedly to the emotional and mental abuse that was taking place. At one point he witnessed Danny "trashing" his wife for five hours. I also find it disturbing that John
Lomacang, Linda's former pastor, claims to have counseled extensively with
Danny and Linda when this was far from the truth. During the months of April and May of 2004, when most of the activity was occurring in this situation, Linda NEVER saw John, who was supposed to be her pastor.

Coincidentally the handful of people supporting Danny and defending his actions has gained either power, position, airtime, homes, public endorsement or all of the above.

At one point I had a conversation with Walt Thompson, Chairman of the Board of 3ABN. He asked me to stop all communication with Linda. This had also been communicated to Johann and Irmgard Thorvaldsson and others. I told him
that it was obviously Danny's plan to isolate Linda from everyone at a time when she needed help. To me it was the Christian thing to answer her phone calls and the only humane thing to do for someone who was in crisis. Others did not come to Linda's aid because they did not want to lose
whatever benefit they gained from 3ABN, whether it be a job, programming, promotions, etc. Walt was also the one who phoned Linda when she was suspended from the ministry by her husband. He instructed her that she must not come to the ministry (which she co-founded) without calling ahead of
time because she must be supervised when at 3ABN. Danny broke into a locked bathroom to forcefully take her keys to 3ABN from her. Her hard drive of her computer was confiscated, her contact information taken and even her filing cabinets ravaged, all without any kind of Board action.

Linda was living in an impossible situation. Danny was "in her face" on a regular basis. At times he would say, "If you don't say you're a pathological liar, the marriage and 3ABN is over. If you don't say you're an adulterous woman the marriage and 3ABN is over for you. If you don't say you've given your heart to another man and that he is a demon the marriage and 3ABN is over..... etc." It even reached the point when he demanded her to say "Repeat after me." Johann and I received a couple emails, which said they were from Linda, but they were written by Danny. Linda saw her ministry being destroyed one day at a time. All of this was dehumanizing and terrifying to Linda, who was trying to hold things together. She very much realized what was at stake.

An "investigative committee" was put together by Walt Thompson to look into this situation. They were Walt Thompson, Bill Hulsey, Nick Miller and Kay Kuzma. Danny talked privately at length with each of these people. Linda did not. The committee as a whole never met with Linda at all. In one brief phone conversation with Kay Kuzma she told Linda, "The Board is not interested in you and Danny's personal problems. It is only interested in the fact that the President no longer wants his Vice-President." Johann
Thorvaldsson testifies that he spoke with Kay the following day. She told him she was instructed to get Linda used to the idea of not being at 3ABN anymore and to try to get her involved in another ministry.

It's interesting that at the time Danny accused Linda for speaking on the phone to me, that he was in the practice of speaking regularly with Brenda, Linda's "friend." He also visited often with her in her 3ABN apartment in the night. A worker at 3ABN states that Brenda even went golfing with
Danny behind Linda's back while she was working. As soon as Brenda saw where the tide was turning, she was no longer Linda's friend. She became an accuser as well.

About May 1, 2004 instructions were given to the production staff to wipe Linda's face off of the network by June 1, again with no Board action. All CD's, videos, literature and photos of Linda were stripped out of the Call Center. She was sent a document a few days later specifying that she was
advised to get 30 days of counseling by counselors of their" choice. If she did not agree to this in writing within 24 hours, her employment could be gone. She requested time for an attorney to look at the document. This was refused. Mail was flooding into the network with Linda's name on it. They were all returned to sender. Her scheduled speaking appointments for women's ministries were sabotaged by those in leadership at 3ABN.

Danny told those who worked for Linda that she was a pathological liar and to stay away from her. (He did not want them to hear the other side of the story.) At one point Linda told Walt that Dan was purposefully ruining her
reputation and that she was not willing to be a martyr for 3ABN. Walt's response was "How else are we going to save the ministry?"

Rumors of Linda's so-called "affair" were flying throughout the churches and the General Conference in May of 2004, rumors which were begun by her husband. It was communicated to me that Linda was going to be fired at the Board meeting, which would occur in May, following the 3ABN camp meeting.
Johann and I decided to go to the camp meeting and talk to the Board members and tell them the truth about the situation. When we walked into the 3ABN building we were surrounded by about 10 people. One person stood directly
behind me for the entire service. Walt Thompson and Nick Miller (3ABN's attorney) asked us to leave. We stayed until nearly the end of the service. (At this camp meeting an announcement was made regarding Linda. There were tearful appeals by Danny, which raised a record-breaking amount of money for 3ABN. Danny also claims that an additional two million dollars was raised the year of their divorce.) When Johann and I went to the door, once again we were followed by a small crowd of people. I spoke to Mark Finley about
the situation at length in the parking lot. John Lomacang tried to stop the conversation. He said 'It is not good for you to talk to him alone.' What was he afraid of? He was standing with me when Danny drove up and said that if I returned to camp meeting I would be arrested and thrown in jail. He had already talked to the Sheriff. I decided to not return, as it was Mark Finley's suggestion to avoid the possibility of disrupting the camp meeting for all of the people attending. Linda was staying in her daughter's apartment in Springfield, so we drove there on Saturday to
stay in a hotel for the weekend. During this weekend we were followed by three private investigators all the time. What kind of actions was that, for a man that REALLY wanted to save his marriage?

It is my understanding that a one-sided conversation was illegally taped by Danny towards the end of May. With a mind set on framing his wife, her words have been misconstrued into saying what he wants people to think. She mentions a trip to Las Vegas. He explains to all that she is planning a
rendezvous with "the doctor." In reality for weeks he has offered Linda larger and larger sums of money for her to go to Las Vegas and stay with her mother for six weeks to acquire residency, a requirement for couples that want a quick divorce. For weeks she refused. SHE NEVER WANTED A DIVORCE.

The events of the previous months eventually bring her to the place where she thinks this is maybe what she should do. She knew a separation was necessary. Danny takes her words from the phone call and adds his insinuations. He makes photo copies of her one sided conversation and distributes it. This is his main source of "proof" for his actions and
re-marriage. They call it circumstantial evidence." To further cover their tracks Linda's accusers say that for her sake they don't want to tell "all she has done." They say this so people will accept their statements and imagine the worst. This is slander of the worst kind all coming from
professed Christians.

Johann says he was fired from 3ABN for refusing to attest to something false Danny wanted him to put in writing about Linda. Derrell Mundall, Danny's ex-son-in-law, says he was given the option to resign or be fired because of his actions defending Linda. Others quit their jobs because
they could not support the actions of the leaders. There is one thing many of these people have in common. Anyone who disagrees with Danny is slandered and discredited.

It's interesting that Danny's daughter recently was found to be pregnant out of wedlock. A quick wedding followed when Derrell, (her ex-husband & father of their four children), claims she had no grounds for re-marriage. It's also interesting that nobody asked Derrell about the issue of grounds at all when he was still a resident in Thompsonville. Also another married Shelton
family member had a romantic encounter recently with a married employee of
3ABN. They were instructed to keep it quiet. They did. They all still work at 3ABN, and Melody is featured on the network. Is 3ABN all about standing for principle and values, or standing for those who happen to be in good
graces with the President and the Shelton family ?

Another question that seems to be in the minds of many is "Why was Linda given $240,000 when all claim she was fired for a wrongdoing?" The only reason Linda signed this 3ABN contract was because she needed money to escape from a very irregular, abusive and impossible situation. Danny
forced her to sign not only this contract, but another contract which sold him her half of their joint-owned home the same day.

Linda has suffered much emotional trauma and humiliation from all of this. She still has nightmares about these events. She did not feel ready to face the people of the SDA church for six months after all of this occurred. I encouraged her to begin again. She went for the first time around the end of November of 2004 in Springfield. The people welcomed her. She requested her membership to be transferred out of the Thompsonville church into the
Springfield church in December of 2004. The Springfield pastor had previously worked at 3ABN and knew Linda. He did not believe the rumors and encouraged the church to put her to work. It was a healing time for her to teach Sabbath School and occasionally preach.

In June of 2005 things changed. Pastor Grady was transferred out of the Springfield church, although he wanted to stay, and a pastor from 3ABN was moved into the church. Within two weeks John Stanton met with Linda and told her she would be doing nothing on the platform. She told him that the church really needed the help and she hoped that if she was asked once in two months to teach a Sabbath School class that she would be able to do this. He told her that the orders had come from the conference level. (The Illinois conference President sits on 3ABN's Board and his parents work for 3ABN.) During our visit to the General Conference Session Johann and I visited with this pastor. He told us he
thought Linda was a liar. I TOLD HIM THAT LINDA HAD NEVER BEEN UNFAITHFUL TO HER HUSBAND and that all the rumors from her husband were lies. But this man had TV interests to pursue and he was in close connection with Danny and John Lomacang.

The last week of October 2005, a letter came to Linda from John Lomacang, the pastor of the Thompsonville (3ABN) church. It stated that the church board had voted "to call a church business session to recommend to the church that you be placed under censure." Linda called John to ask him why.
He said it was because she had abandoned her marriage and ministry, which led to her divorce. (This is what Danny refers to as "grounds" to re-marry.) Linda planned to address the church business meeting. She wrote to Danny requesting a release from the restrictions of the contract she signed so she could openly share her side of the story. Danny denied this request. Because of this she felt forced to drop her membership there and then join another SDA church. This decision was made after much counsel with several SDA's. It's interesting that this recommendation for censure came almost 18 months after the fact. (Which kind of practice is this? Special for USA?) It's also
interesting that all of this occurred while Danny was trying to gather evidence against Linda so he could re-marry.

Danny Shelton and the leadership of 3ABN are responsible for using the ministry of 3ABN to bring character assassination to Linda and others. In Linda's case, television and radio announcements were made denouncing her character. There was an announcement on the front page of 3ABN's website
for many months. About 180,000 letters about Linda were sent to the mailing list at 3ABN. Videos about her were made and distributed. Magazine articles were written and submitted. Mailings were made to church officials. Many calls were taken at 3ABN where slanderous remarks about
Linda were given over the phone. Many letters containing completely false statements were sent to many individuals. Danny even made his personal email address available over 3ABN so people could write to him and obtain his side of the story. They did a thorough job of character assassination.

Now two years later the "trashing" continues. It is inexcusable, especially for a proclaimed Christian ministry.

In conclusion I want to clearly state that I have not committed adultery (emotional, physical, "spiritual"), and neither has Linda. The conversations we had were not unusual or inappropriate. Linda is the victim of domestic violence, only this has resulted in worldwide effects for our Church.

Linda has sought for help at the General Conference level. She has sought the aid of pastors. No one has an answer. She has tried repeatedly to meet with a committee from the Board of 3ABN. This request has not been granted. Still the bulk emails and letters flow from 3ABN slandering the innocent.

This has been the most ungodly situation I have observed in my entire life. Any who find themselves not in good graces with Danny Shelton will find that their name is discredited and slandered in an attempt to destroy their influence. Linda has suffered the most with the loss of her job, her
influence and reputation. But many others, including myself, have felt the heat coming from what is supposed to be a ministry representing Jesus Christ. This is an outrage. This is unacceptable. Accountability of leaders is a must. (Can bad fruits come from good trees?) As Christians, it
is our duty to demand accountability and a high standard from leaders. I hope this testimony will fulfill the mission intended.

Respectfully,

Dr. Arild Abrahamsen
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