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2021-12-04 Olde Tyme Religion
Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen is questioned after plumber finds 'bags and bags' of cash and checks stashed in 500 envelopes in bathroom wall - seven years after $600,000 in donations were stolen from the church
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Joel Osteen was questioned by police after 'bags and bags' of cash and checks were found in a bathroom wall by a plumber working at Lakewood Church

  • A plumber named Justin, who was called to the church on November 10, removed some insulation and found about 500 envelopes of money

  • He was held at the church for seven hours as Houston police began investigating the situation

  • The discovery comes seven years after $600,000 worth of donations were stolen from the church, which is the biggest in the country
Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top
 File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats 

#1 Cash is one thing. Most checks are no good after 90 days.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-04 07:20||   2021-12-04 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 
Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-12-04 09:21||   2021-12-04 09:21|| Front Page Top

#3 ^^^^^
Equals pages on JO's house
Here is a picture
My Opinion $600 K is a drop in the bucket for this guy

Posted by Gleresh Spawn of the Algonquins9594 2021-12-04 09:27||   2021-12-04 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 
#2 Joel Osteen's house. Con man extraordinaire.

Matthew 19:24



He can say it but does he know what it means?
Posted by Gleresh Spawn of the Algonquins9594 2021-12-04 09:35||   2021-12-04 09:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Furious Muslim mob of hundreds LYNCH Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan, publicly burning his body after he was accused of blasphemy
Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-04 10:04||   2021-12-04 10:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Sorry Deacon - your link broke the page
Posted by Frank G 2021-12-04 10:22||   2021-12-04 10:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Another Old-time religion story Daily Mail is superb
read this before coming to the Burg - Accusations, tribal trial, execution and body disposal, all in one fell swoop. Mob Justice, but what if he was really innocent (?) - Quoting Hilliary

Posted by Gleresh Spawn of the Algonquins9594 2021-12-04 10:24||   2021-12-04 10:24|| Front Page Top

#8 #1 Cash is one thing. Most checks are no good after 90 days.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-04 07:20|| 2021-12-04 07:20||

M. Murcek,

Oh, I have no doubt that those checks got deposited somewhere.

Pastor Osteen has a great deal to answer for. I am hoping this is only the beginning.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-12-04 11:23||   2021-12-04 11:23|| Front Page Top

#9 No problem Commodore Frank.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-12-04 12:36||   2021-12-04 12:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Joel Osteen didn't need the money--you guys are looking at this from the wrong angle. $600,000 is nothing to him, particularly when $400,000 of that was in checks (which him cashing would be traced).

This was an "inside job"--an employee of the church swiped the funds and hid them inside the church itself. That employee undoubtedly planned to return after the incident had been entirely forgotten. He obviously had the patience of Job.
Posted by Crusader 2021-12-04 14:16||   2021-12-04 14:16|| Front Page Top

#11 Sheeple need their soma.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-04 14:53||   2021-12-04 14:53|| Front Page Top

#12 I look at this guy & think - 'I'd rather do business with a mobster'.
Posted by Raj 2021-12-04 14:57||   2021-12-04 14:57|| Front Page Top

#13 I'd rather do business with a mobster
Also a mobster - just a different tribe/faith
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-04 15:13||   2021-12-04 15:13|| Front Page Top

#14 #10 - I seen this movie.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-04 15:38||   2021-12-04 15:38|| Front Page Top

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