It appears to have been written in early February 2007. That's a fairly close date, based on what I recall.
Looks like I received it on February 17:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Tommy: Two questions about your open letter.
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:58:27 -0600
From: Bob
To: Tommy Shelton
CC: Mollie Steenson, Pastor Lomacang, Fallible Human Being, Joe Smith, Danny Shelton, Elder Ken Denslow, Walt Thompson
Hello Tommy.
Last night someone forwarded to me your open letter to the Dunn Loring congregation. If there is any chance that this letter is not genuine, please let me know at your earliest convenience.
I haven't read it in its entirety yet, and will look forward to hopefully finding some information in it that will put things in a drastically different light. My only regret is that Danny did not send me anything along these lines in November as requested, as perhaps it could have prevented some misunderstanding, if there really have been any misunderstandings.
Here are two things that I did notice that caused me a little concern. You wrote (assuming that this letter is really genuine):
"In addition, because of the pressure (that your pastor hoped for, by his own admission) from the scandalizing on the internet, it was necessary for me to leave my job because of the stress to my heart due to constant high blood pressure."
And yet, contrary to the above, you and Danny on the air on New Year's Eve said that your health problems and your retirement were due to:
- Your tremendous schedule.
- Weekend traveling.
- Long commuting.
- And above everything else, a ferry.
Question: Are you admitting in your open letter that both you and Danny lied on the air as to the real reason you were retiring three months early from 3ABN, or do you have a way to explain this apparent discrepancy?
You also wrote:
"These men are not 'ecclesiastical investigators' for the Seventh Day Adventist. They hold no official position, and have no authority in the Seventh Day Adventist Church to investigate anything or anybody. By next week I will have in hand an official statement from the Illinois Conference President of SDA, stating that these men do not work for the Seventh-Day-Adventist church and were not authorized to investigate anyone."
Question: Isn't this a tad bit dishonest, given the facts that:
- It was an Adventist church pastor or administrator that got the 2003 Glenn Dryden letter to Gailon Joy for him to look at on August 15, 2006, after which he launched his investigation?
- It was an NAD or GC officer that arranged for the 3ABN board to ask ASI to review the various allegations and evidence uncovered by Gailon against Danny Shelton et. al., including the allegations raised in Glenn Dryden's 2003 letter?
- Some of the individuals involved in the "investigation" are retired pastors/administrators, and/or other individuals who currently hold credentials issued by the denomination?
It just seems like your statement may be splitting hairs and giving a distorted picture of what is really going on. While Gailon wasn't officially authorized to investigate, he was unofficially asked to investigate, etc. And I find it difficult to believe that a man like Elder Denslow would be helping to distort the picture of what has been going on.
I trust that I will not have to wait nearly three months to receive an open letter from an anonymous person that answers these simple questions.
Bob
Fallible human Being was the user name of Walt Thompson's son, Greg Thompson, who Walt allegedly thought we had caused to lose his teaching job for something he told a student 13 years or so before. Never did find out what that was about.
Joe Smith was the user name of Ronnie Shelton, or his wife.
Really, given the facts brought out in this email, it was totally inexcusable for Danny, 3ABN, and the board members to sue Gailon and myself. We gave them every opportunity possible to explain how there had been misunderstandings regarding the Sheltons' corruption, and they refused to explain anything. Shutting us up, smashing us, destroying us, and deception was all they were interested in.
The Good Book says that he who has showed no mercy will receive no mercy. As in the providence of God the lawyers press their demands at this time, what sort of mercy might this bunch receive?