Lots of People Throwing Rocks in the Big Glass Church
The troubles at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove continue: Crystal Cathedral officials have shown no intention of paying back more than 100 vendors to whom they owe $7.5 million, according to one of the vendors who is waiting for more than $50,000 from the megachurch and lost her house to foreclosure. Kristina Oliver said she was happy to get on a committee for creditors in April. I honestly believed that the church was going to come up with an equitable plan to pay us all,” she said. “But now I know that all they wanted to do was string us along.” Among the vendors for the “Glory of Christmas” pageants still waiting to get paid are Oliver, who supplied camels, horses and sheep for the pageant; wardrobe manager Juliet Noriega; dry cleaner Bruce Johnson, who cleaned the actors’ costumes; props manager Sharon Crabtree, and Carin Galletta, whose public relations firm provided publicity for the pageant. Also in line are PNCEF LLC., an equipment financing company owed $2 million and several television stations that have sued the church for hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to court documents, the Cathedral owes about $7.5 million to unsecured creditors. At least two creditors, including PNCEF, have sought and obtained court-ordered writs, which could cause the megachurch to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Back in May I wrote about several musicians, including a friend of mine, who sued the Crystal Cathedral for nonpayment of fees they earned for performing in CC productions. I ran into my friend a few weeks ago and he told me
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