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[Johann]

Probably Linda Shelton will be happy not to be listed as a co-founder now.

Or someone wish they were neither founder nor president nor chairman.

[Artiste]

Pastor Jim Gilley Presents Anchors of Truth Series in June: “Thriving Faith in Difficult Times”

This is posted on the 3ABN website, to begin in a couple of days.

"Difficult Times"... possibly a prescient choice of subject for 3ABN?

[childoftheking]

http://www.wgnradio.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=3abn&target=adv_article

wgn radio and wgn tv are affiliates of the Chicago Tribune.

[Artiste]

I see that a couple of other internet sites have picked up the story, also.

[princessdi]

Sooooo, is GC...anybody going to put out a statement that 3ABN is and "independent ministry"?  Because this could become a hot mess for GC real quick.

[Adam]

Trust me more and more people will find out. Alex is scheduled to do a few interviews in Southern Illinois when he returns home 

[Artiste]

Sooooo, is GC...anybody going to put out a statement that 3ABN is and "independent ministry"?  Because this could become a hot mess for GC real quick.

I see that the 3ABN website has a complete page under "Seventh-day Adventist", listing the 28 fundamental beliefs of Adventism.

[Bob Pickle]

Someone wrote me the following:

I see in the 3ABN world that Elder Ted Wilson is scheduled to be on 3ABN live Thursday July 21 at
8:00 PM CDT.

Doesn't sound like the best of timing, does it?

[vestedinterest]

Sources have told me there was huge media coverage for this event.

Hmmm, we must have very divergent sources...

[Artiste]

Someone wrote me the following:

I see in the 3ABN world that Elder Ted Wilson is scheduled to be on 3ABN live Thursday July 21 at
8:00 PM CDT.

Doesn't sound like the best of timing, does it?

No, not good timing...

I wonder if Ted Wilson will answer questions about the relation of the Seventh-day Adventist church to 3ABN in regards to the molestation charges.

[Bob Pickle]

The Chicago Tribune's story now says that 3ABN has issued a statement, that Brad closely supervised Alex, that they believe there is no merit to the claims, and that they intend to vigorously defend their good name.

Why would Brad feel a need to closely supervise Alex? For the same reason that Danny told someone around the early '90's not to let Tommy take a boy out to eat?

[Artiste]

Christian network sued in child sex abuse case

Tommy Shelton (Fairfax County Police Department photo)

By Manya Brachear
Tribune reporter
6:15 p.m. CDT, June 20, 2011

An international Christian radio and television network based in West Frankfort and the brother of the network’s founder were named in a federal child sex abuse lawsuit filed in Chicago today.

Three Angels Broadcasting Network, or 3ABN, and the Rev. Tommy Shelton, the brother of the network’s founder Danny Shelton, were named in the complaint filed by plaintiff Alex Walker, 25, of Mattoon.

Walker alleges that Tommy Shelton sexually abused him when he worked as a production assistant at 3ABN in 2001. Walker’s lawyer Jeff Herman of Miami said Shelton commuted to 3ABN from his home in Kentucky for the purpose of abusing Walker, which Herman believes makes the civil suit a federal case.

Walker originally met Shelton in 1997 during a two-month visit to Virginia, where Shelton served as a pastor. Shelton now faces criminal charges in Virginia tied to abuse allegations from Walker and another person.

The suit accuses 3ABN of negligence, claiming leaders were aware of the threat Shelton posed to children.

In a statement released by 3ABN, the network said Shelton had no reason to come into contact with Walker, who was closely supervised by his older brother.

“3ABN does not believe that the claims against it have any merit,” the statement said. “We intend to vigorously defend the good name of our organization.”

The network is affiliated with the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

mbrachear@tribune.com

[Artiste]

So Tommy Shelton had no reason to come into contact with the victim...

What about other victims who have come forward?

[Artiste]

The story was also picked up by a blog:  "BishopAccountability.org – Documenting the Abuse Crisis".

[Adam]

New Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against International Christian Network

 

Suit Says Teen Was Sexually Abused by Network President’s Brother




WHAT

A press conference to announce the filing of a new sex abuse lawsuit against Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN), an international Christian broadcasting network, and the alleged perpetrator, whose brother runs the network

 

WHEN/WHEN

TODAY, June 20, 12:00pm, across the street from the federal courthouse , 219 S. Dearborn, on the post office plaza at the corner of Adams & Dearborn, Chicago

 

WHO

The plaintiff-victim and his attorney, a Miami-based advocate for survivors of sexual abuse who has represented hundreds of victims of childhood sexual abuse

 

DETAILS

JEFF HERMAN, a nationally recognized advocate for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, announces the filing of a new lawsuit against one of the world’s largest Christian broadcasting networks, and the alleged perpetrator, whose brother is the network’s president. 

 

According to the lawsuit, the teenage victim first met the alleged perpetrator, TOMMY SHELTON, in the late 1990s while Shelton was working for the Illinois-based THREE ANGELS NETWORK (3ABN) in Virginia.  In 2001, the boy began working at the network HQ, about the same time that Shelton was removed from a position as a minister in the Church of God religion for allegations that he sexually abused another child.  Shelton returned to the 3ABN headquarters, where his brother, DANNY SHELTON, was president. The suit says that Tommy Shelton began sexually abusing the boy at the 3ABN facility that same year. According to the suit, Danny Shelton was aware of the allegations against his brother, along with earlier allegations from the 1980s that Tommy Shelton molested children at an Illinois church, prior to the boy’s abuse.     

 

Walker v. Three Angels Broadcasting Network, Inc., et al. was filed in Chicago federal court early Monday morning.  Copies of the Complaint will be available at the press event, along with a photo of Tommy Shelton.

 

The plaintiff-victim will appear at the press event and give a brief statement.

 

Tommy Shelton is currently in Virginia, where he is now facing criminal charges for the sexual abuse of a minor.

 

CONTACT

Jeff Herman 305 409 7371, jherman@hermanlaw.com

Jessica Arbour 305 318 5444, jarbour@hermanlaw.com

 

HERMAN, MERMELSTEIN & HOROWITZ, P.A.

18205 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2218

Miami, FL 33160

(305) 931-2200

www.hermanlaw.com


 

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