11.21.2007

Tainted Degrees, Tainted Jets, and Mysterious Debt

Here's another article about Oral Roberts University's troubles. What did I learn?
  1. Before the scandal, young adults were tricked into thinking that an ORU degree would not be "tainted," but NOW they're worried.
  2. The chairman of the ORU board of regents is the son-in-law of the absurd faith-healing con chump Kenneth Copeland. Mr. Copeland is famous for having a palatial estate/megachurch that includes its own airstrip for both his and his wife's private jets (they have one each, naturally) and the ministry's other planes. The family has a history of financial shadiness. From Wikipedia: The Copeland's financial records are not publicly available and a list of the Board of Directors is not available...
  3. ORU is more than $50 million in the hole. That's like almost 3 Cessna Citation Xs, right Kenneth?

1 comment:

  1. Hmm. Looks like a good time to suggest removing tax-exempt status for charlatan houses - I mean churches.

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