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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

High-living North Carolina ‘prosperity gospel’ pastor indicted for bilking church in massive tax fraud scam

Author:     TOM BOGGIONI
Source:     The Raw Story
Publication Date:     25 JUN 2017 AT 15:26 ET
Link: High-living North Carolina ‘prosperity gospel’ pastor indicted for bilking church in massive tax fraud scam
Stephan:   When I was doing research on social transformations that were compassionate and life-affirming, and from that data formulated the 8 Laws of Change,  the 7th Law emerged: The individuals in the group, and the group itself, must make their private selves consistent with their public postures. When you look at these Christofascist movements  one of the indicators that tell you you are dealing with a cult is that the leaders consistently violate  the 7th law. Here's yet another one.

Christofascist cult leader Todd Coontz

A former Charlotte “prosperity gospel” preacher who owns a garage full of expensive foreign cars and lives in a million dollar condo was indicted on multiple counts of federal tax fraud this week, reports the Charlotte Observer.

William Todd Coontz, 50, formerly a minister at the Rock Wealth International Ministries, and now living in Florida, is accused of participating in a check-cashing scheme involving travel reimbursements for speaking appearances and for book sales – and then filing fraudulent tax returns in order to hide the money.

“This is a classic example of ‘Do as I say, not as I do,’” explained U.S. Attorney Jill Rose. “As a minister, Coontz preached about receiving and managing wealth, yet he failed to keep his own finances in order. Coontz will now receive a first-hand lesson in ‘rendering unto Caesar’ that which is due.”

Christian “prosperity gospel” preachers encourage their flock to contribute heavily to the ministry with the promise that God will return their tithing multiplied leading to great wealth.

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