On the close of my city ministry, I was promised a pension. It was (and is) at the top of a memorandum of agreement. Money was not an issue -- the Church had about R5 million in the bank. But things went seriously awry. I asked the Church's financial adviser (call him Mr. X) to see my file. He said no. I filed a legal request with his company. They refused. I filed a legal appeal. They refused. This week, so much later, a High Court document popped up in my Inbox:
"The evidence establishes that [an investor's] trust was placed in [Mr. X]. ... The normal precautions and procedures in making investments were ignored." As for the investments, "the position seems to be that the R25 million paid into [a corporate account] simply 'leaked away' and could not be repaid."
OBSERVATION: I do not think this proves anything of one kind or another, but it is enough to unsettle anyone. Most recently, I formally requested that the Presbyterian Church "facilitate the payment of my pension", for the reason that a Presbyterian minister fills the Church's vacancy. As they say, Qui legit, et cave. Basically, read and learn. The document I received is High Court Case No. 5142/97. One of the persons involved later received a 1 620 year prison sentence.
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