Talk:Reverend Ike

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This love letter needs a major rewrite for POV and some ... facts. RickK 05:34, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

I tried to improve it (only a bit), and I (tentatively) removed the tags it's not like a love letter anymore ;) -- ClementSeveillac 00:43, 8 September 2005 (UTC)And then I bought a donkey and rode off over the sunset with Reverend Ike waving at all his fans as we trotted down Broadway.

What is the incarceration history of Rev. Ike and what was he charged with? Was it in Federal Court or state court?

A lot of Rev. Ike's actual ministerial content is directly copied from old Science of Mind pamphlets and is not original.

circa 1999 Boston newspaper: In the last few weeks, Suffolk District Attorney Ralph C. Martin II has launched a fraud investigation into Ike's operations in Boston, though some members of the office are squeamish over the accompanying issues of race and freedom of religion. For years, Ike has withstood investigations from the IRS and US Postal Service, often telling critics, Let someone give a dime to the preacher and he's robbing the poor. Another consideration, though, is that he has insidiously marbled himself into the sophisticated Boston-area economy, parceling out enormous printing and mailing contracts to companies across the region. The manager of one Wilmington print shop said he has four 100,000-piece mailings in the next six weeks, adding, He feeds a lot of people. In Brockton, severely disabled people are hired to stuff envelopes with the charms.

reference URL: http://www.rickross.com/reference/tv_preachers/tv_preachers19.html

information on lawsuit filed:

http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/7/emw259168.htm

Rev. Ike and his employees lawsuits/settlements:

http://www.law.com/jsp/law/LawArticleFriendly.jsp?id=1119949520157