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Roderick C. Meredith - A Biographical Sketch

By Redfox

This assertion is also supported by Aaron Dean (UCG), a close ad
to HWA at the time, as recorded by Stephen Flurry (PCG). He
states that HWA said to him that Meredith must never become
leader of the church, and he also says this is why HWA appointed
Tkach lest Meredith should take over (Stephen Flurry, Raising the
Ruins, Chapter 3). Some of my thoughts on that book may be seen
elsewhere. (By the way, the book says that Dean was saying all
this in a 'telephone interview', if I understand correctly. Was this
before or after the No Contact rule?) Even if we assume that
Tkach, Dean and Flurry are just trying to discredit him, it cannot
be denied that HWA did not choose Meredith. AR42 September
1989 also discusses the succession but Mr. Trechak here seems
unaware of HWA's fear of Meredith. AR52 June 1993 also states
the following: 'In fact, before HWA had even died, Meredith
privately made statements to the effect that he, and not Tkach,
should be Armstrong's successor.'
Meredith is then moved to teach at Big Sandy by Headquarters
(AR36 August 1986).
1987: Testimony. During the course of the ongoing Leona
McNair suit 'the WCG lawyers wanted Sedliacik [who was the
editor of the Pastor's Report that contained Meredith's
controversial statements] to testify that evangelist- author
Roderick Meredith was "meticulous." Sedliacik disagreed.'AR37
January 1987, 'The McNair Versus WCG War Continues'.
1988: California Court of Appeal overturns the McNair
conviction. AR40 March 1988.

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