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ificouldhietokolob
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Date: November 13, 2018 12:49PM
gemini Wrote:
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> I'd like to know the "rest of the story".
"In 2009, it was discovered that Rector was a victim of a Ponzi scheme, and that his name was being used to attract additional Latter-day Saint investors. The organizers of the Ponzi scheme, Brad Kitchen and Rick Koerber, were both sentenced to prison for securities fraud."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartman_Rector_Jr.
Note: there is considerable debate about whether or not he was a "victim of a Ponzi scheme," or an active participant in creating it. The wikipedia entry skips that entirely.
Here's a slightly different take:
https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/free-capitalist-rick-koerber/Content?oid=2140782It's also worth noting this gem from Rector:
"If children have a happy family experience they will not want to be homosexuals, which I am sure is an acquired addiction, just as drugs, alcohol, and pornography are."
That was from his 1981 General Conference speech. The church later edited the speech to remove that part -- but not until much later (some things that are true aren't good PR).
Rector was president of the San Diego mission when I was growing up in San Diego. He was a frequent fireside speaker, and showed up at stake conferences regularly. I was mostly neither impressed by him or repelled by him, he seemed awfully bland to me as a teen.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2018 12:51PM by ificouldhietokolob.