From Sylvia Fleener vs TBN, et al
Individual Deposition of Paul Crouch, Sr.
22 BY MR. QUISENBERRY:
23 Q. Does TBN issue
annual reports to any
24 members?
25 A. Yes. In
the -- in an issue of our monthly
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1 newsletter, I typically put an abbreviated pie chart,
2 financial report, showing gross income, and then
3 allocating on the pie chart what percentage was spent
4 for operating expenses, building new stations,
5 satellite costs, foreign missions projects, payroll,
6 et cetera, et cetera.
7 Q. And would
that issue normally be in January
8 of each year?
9 A. No.
It could honestly be most any month.
10 Q. Is this sort of
annual report something
11 that has been done every year for the past ten years?
12 A. Most every year.
They have, on a year or
13 two, just overlooked it or forgotten it, but
14 practically every year.
15 Q. Do you have copies
of those reports?
16 A. Not personally
today, but they would be in
17 the corporate records.
18 Q. Was there any
person or body of persons at
19 TBN who could overrule your decisions with regard to
20 the management and control of TBN?
21
MR. RAWLS: Now, again, this time when
22 you're using the term "your," you're referring to Paul
23 Crouch individually?
24
MR. QUISENBERRY: Correct. Well, I'm
25 referring to TBN and him as the president. Was there
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1 anyone who could overrule his decisions?
2
THE WITNESS: Yes.
3 BY MR. QUISENBERRY:
4 Q. Who?
5 A. A majority
of the board of directors.
6 Q. Was there
any other person or body of
7 persons who could overrule your decisions?
8
MR. RAWLS: His decisions as president
9 of Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, Inc.?
10
MR. QUISENBERRY: Correct.
11
THE WITNESS: Only God.
12 BY MR. QUISENBERRY:
13 Q. Were any of your
decisions overruled by the
14 board of directors of TBN during the last three years?
15 A. I can't think
of any.
