“Plaintiff”
By: Gen. Jim – 6/26/26
Here it is folks. I have my copy of the declaration of Maura A. Schmierer as offer of proof for default proceeding. This doc. Is 25 pages, NO. 501147, Superior Court of Calif. CO. of Sacramento filed by Maura’s attorney Robert D. Blasier. The defendants are Free Love Ministries, aka ACMTC, Jim M. Green, aka Brig. Gen. Jim Green & Brig Gen. Lila Green, Lieutenant Col. Steve Schmierer aka Philip Jordan, 2nd Lieutenant Bernard Bandaras aka Andrew Edwards, Captain David Gane. (Note: Those were the ranks they had when the lawsuit was filed, they now have different ranks.) I’ve waited all these years to go over this doc with our followers, and any and all who would be interested.
The $20 million dollar suit was filed against us back in 1987. Harrison Hill’s The Oracle’s Daughter (released April, 2026) speaks more about Maura than Sarah – the daughter of Generals Jim & Deborah Lila Green. Hill’s readers are perturbed to say the least. The book is suppose to be about about Sarah Green, not Maura Schmierer (MS). She still cries over the “mistreatment” dished out by Gen. Deborah/ACMTC.
Years of Persecution & Oppression
One must read our PX2 Files for complete background. MS & her attorney, B.B. ENGINEERED this “BIG LIE” and made scandalous accusations against us as individuals & as a group. To this day (June 26. 2026) MS still can’t let go of her BIG LIE & find peace.
The Doc
On page 2 she tells her first lie!: “The group consists of approximately 25 members (including children) who live in 4 communal houses…” At the time of the law suit we were nearly 100 persons in camp. We had over a dozen Natives from Canada living with us (for training), besides all of us.
2nd Lie
“Almost all members in the group have legally changed their names”. This is not true. Very few had actually changed their names (see PX2 & PX4,5 Files. We deal with this issue. Funny I never changed my name, nor did Sarah or Joshua (daughter/son). And her two sons to this day have not changed their names. Besides, name changing is Biblical!)
MS sues Captain David Gane (Col. David Wright today). Why? “Four businesses known as ‘Art Shops’ which I believe are owned by Free Love Ministries or defendant Captain David Gane (Col. David Wright today), a long time member & leader of the group”. (What group?) She continues, “It is my belief that DG has provided much of the financial resources available to FLM”. Is this any reason to sue David? What did he do against you Maura? What he did was give you employment!
Another Lie
“The leaders… ‘Generals’… their authority touches even such personal matter as who divorces…” True, we had to deal with problems in marriages but we never told anyone who to marry & who to divorce. This is a repeated LIE!
Another Lie
She bitches about baby pictures. On page 3 she writes: “At one point my husband threw away all of our children’s baby pictures along with everything else which could reflect on ‘yesterday’s love’”. It is a known fact that MS had nearly zero love/care for her children. She pushed them off on Sarah many times to care for them. She had other children by other men, not Steve’s. “My husband THREW AWAY ALL…” Well now, just where did those photos come from posted on the internet & in the videos made about you? I recall one pic of your small child completely NAKED – you were so proud of that one!
MS confesses on p.3 that indeed she worked at the Art Shop: “up until the time of my being put under strong disciplinary measures I had been working a FULL TIME (my emph.) job at the Art Shop in Placerville”. (Note: our critics claim we kept a “watchful eye” on all our members. Well, this was another LIE (even Dr. Phil said this on his show when he interviewed MS). We had 5 Art Shops to operate. Tell me, please!, just how could Deborah & I keep an “eye” on those at work? And, when we were out of country – for weeks! – how was this done? Allow me to cite Dr. Phil (who was one of the enemies of ACMTC at that time):
Quote from the Dr. Phil Show Sept. 21, 2006 (Opening Sequence)
“Thank you very much. I want you to imagine you’re growing up in the US, right? I mean that’s the dream where we have freedom. But instead choosing to live in isolation with a group ruled by generals that call themselves God’s Army. Well, today we’re talking to people who escaped from what they say is a bizarre religious community. They say they had no money, no TV, no cars and no contact with family on the outside. They also say they lived under the eyes, the watchful eyes of these so-called trusted leaders who made sure a high standard of holiness was maintained. Now Maura was one of the first to sign up, and she brought her 12-year-old daughter Rebekah with her. They say children were abused and adults who questioned authority were belittled and humiliated. Maura says her worst punishment was being locked in a windowless shed for 10 weeks with only stale peanut butter sandwiches.”.
There are several “lies” in his statement – “No cars” is a lie! “No money” is a lie; all our people got paid! “No contact with family” is a lie. However, when family members got violent we had to step in. This was done. We tried to have peace with hostile parents but it did not work in all cases.
MS continues p.3: “we were forbidden to go to bed before 10:00 pm, & often work kept us up until 11:00 pm”. There was No “law” given! Deborah and I were the ones stayed up late (but not always). We were responsible for the well being of all at Ft. Freedom. MS just lies about many things. Keep in mind $20 million dollars was a mighty incentive to do so!!!
They Held Me Captive!
As I have said for decades now, MS lies & contradicts herself over & over. [Our PX2 Files Trilogy has dozens of newspaper quotes showing this.]. “I was with FLM for 5 years before BEING BUSTED in Jan. of 1987”. All the news outlets of those days report that we HELD MS CAPTIVE. She eventually ESCAPED!
ALLEGATIONS VS. THE TRUTH
LIFE IN THE “SHED
AN article by Jan Held in the Thursday, May 11, 1989 issue of The Biggs News Butte County Reporter reported the following: “[Maura Schmierer], 41, stated in her suit she was imprisoned by the ACMTC in January of 1987 and forced to live in a shed.” Melinda Welsh, who wrote a lengthy article in a 1989 issue of the Sacramento News & Review, reported that “According to the lawsuit…the organization [ACMTC]…forced her [Maura Schmierer]…and another banished sect member to move for 10 weeks into a 5-by-12-foot wooden shed, in which they could not stand upright.” This shed was supposedly “unheated” and “unlighted.” Rick Longley of the Mercury-Register cited the claim that Maura Schmierer was “abused by the group and forced to live in unsanitary conditions.” Do these allegations have factual support? Was Maura really “imprisoned” and “forced to live in a shed” at ACMTC Headquarters? Absolutely not and absolutely not!
Her pitiful genre of being HELD CAPTIVE was repeated over & over all these years.
A FLAGRANT CONTRADICTION
PASTOR Jerry Axtell counseled Maura after she left ACMTC the last time. His testimony is very interesting. He is quoted in the Sunday, May 7, 1989 issue of The Sacramento Bee, and he admitted, “[Maura Schmierer] was never held physically captive.” Wait…”[Maura Schmierer] was NEVER HELD PHYSICALLY CAPTIVE”???!!! Was Maura physically “imprisoned” and “forced to live in a shed” or was she “NEVER held physically captive” as her counselor claimed? It seems we have two conflicting accounts. Maura told her counselor that she was somehow emotionally imprisoned but not physically imprisoned, while in her lawsuit she claimed physical imprisonment.
[Note: see our Px1 Files where we list 12 articles [1984-1989] written in Sacramento Bee News (paper). You’ll see that MS states that she ESCAPED, not OUSTED by us!]
On p.4 MS begins her sad saga of being “judged”. This is true. We, as a group, dealt with her adultery problem, which is Scriptural. She tells the court, “I had been ‘forsaken’”. She claims we named her this but in one of her letters (found in the Px2 Files) she goes on to tell the court that “They further stated that in shame I was to wear a black scarf at all times…”. This is another LIE. She chose to look like a “spook”, black scarf & white sack dress!! She writes, “I was terrified. I didn’t know what I had done to cause such rejection” (pp.4 & 5). She knew! She had been dealt with several times beforehand on her sexual problem. This was before we had to dismiss her from her Captain position. Remember, she was a hippie for years – sex was all part of that lifestyle. Both Deborah (Lila) & I were in that lifestyle also. Neither one of us denied our “free love” as she has.
Her Claims
If one reads all the CA. Newspapers & watch all the docs about her & us, it is apparent that she has two genres – 10 weeks locked in a cold, dirty shed with only 6 stale peanut butter sandwiches a day & 6 months.
MAURA’S “PEANUT-BUTTER DIET”
In the Chico Enterprise-Record, Thursday, May 4, 1989 issue, it is reported that Maura was “forced to live…on a diet of peanut butter sandwiches.”First of all, Maura chose to eat what she wanted to eat. Notably, for a while, she and her son worked in the ACMTC cafeteria as the cleanup crew. She chose that job. Every day they would gorge down any leftovers they wanted. They would even go around drinking all the sodas that people had left on the tables. In fact, Maura started gaining so much weight, she asked for a different job assignment. Again, we must recall that Maura had her own money. At any point, she could have easily gone to a store or restaurant and eaten herself into a coma. Plus, Maura could have called her mother to obtain money or food whenever she desired something more than what she had chosen for herself. [Interestingly, Maura wrote letters to the Generals and talked about her eating-habit. ACMTC still has all that information.]
Contradiction
In all her interviews over the years MS tells the media that she was LOCKED UP for 10 weeks/6 months. But here on p.5 she writes: “…my husband (not the mean O Generals!) ordered me to pack a few belongings, & told me I was moving out to the Chop Shop, which is a cold metal building with concrete floors…” This CS had 2 phone lines & a door that opened up to the alley way, locked from the inside. She could have left, Forgive me, ESCAPED anytime or called the police. She tells the court, “It has a small bathroom with a toilet & sink with only cold water”. If my mind serves me well, it had hot water & had a nice new stove in it. Other times she tells the media she slept on the cold concrete floor – pitiful in deed! She had a bunk bed – Army style. She tells the media that she was FORCED to live in a tiny shed, no water, no heat, no light, door LOCKED for 10 weeks; other times she says 6 months.
On p.5 she writes: “I was required (she tells the media, “I was FORCED!”) to live in the Chop Shop for approx. one month. The bathroom became my only bathing facility for 6 months”. She tells the media that she never bathed or went to the bathroom for 6 months! Yep! 6 months! (See our Px2 Files for all the interviews).
Another LIE
She has told the media over & over that she was LOCKED UP in a dark shed, no water, no lights, no heat, no bathroom. She implies that she NEVER got out until she (somehow!!!???) ESCAPED. In fact one TV doc was titled “I ESCAPED A CULT”.
But on here on p.5 she tells the court, “During the first 2 weeks I was ORDERED (my emph.) by Lila Green to clean barracks #1 & #2 on my hands & knees, along with sweeping sidewalks & scrubbing porches”. Tisk, tisk! She had to do a bit of work. Well, we all worked. I kept the 4 homes clean & neat, including the yards. She asked for work. She was never ORDERED to work.
“MENIAL WORK” DROVE MAURA BERSERK
The Biggs News Butte County Reporter, May 7, 1989, also cited that Maura was “forced to…do menial work at the group’s Sacramento compound.” Without question, Maura was not forced to work at Headquarters, just like she was not forced to stay with the ministry, but she did choose to live and work at ACMTC Headquarters. And let it be known that everyone, including the Generals, worked “menial” jobs at the ministry’s Headquarters! Is it now a crime to work? It is reported that Maura did not even like taking care of her own children but often gave her kids to the Generals for caretaking, Later, of course, Maura accused the Generals of “stealing” her kids – another ridiculous allegation. Considering the situation, the Generals allowed Maura to live at Headquarters for a long time. They sincerely wanted to help Maura as much as they were able. However, it became obvious that Maura did not want to change or amend her family relationships. Eventually, the Generals were left with no other recourse but to ask Maura to leave ACMTC. Soon after that, Maura launched her hateful vendetta against the Generals and ACMTC.
More Contradictions
On p.6 MS writes: “During the first week of this ordeal I was told by my husband that I could attend meetings…” She told the media for years that she was LOCKED up in a tiny shed, no communion with anyone in camp, even her kids. She goes on to say that “Lila Green (told) the group that the other day in service she kept smelling a smell that smelled like a dead animal, & she turned around & saw that it was Forsaken…” Yeah, right. MS makes all kinds of statements with zero evidence – not recorded, not written, not heard by anyone else. She says things & expects us all to believe them just because she says them. That’s not all: “She (Lila) screamed in a frenzied voice, ‘If Forsaken doesn’t shape-up, she can leave’!” But how? She MS, was Locked in a tiny dark shed with no escape!!!
Remember the Concrete Floor Saga?
MS continues on p.6: “The Chop Shop was…very cold”. Pardon me MS, it had a stove. Remember? She continues: “To sleep was almost impossible – the concrete floors were very hard & cold”, implying she was forced to sleep on them.
Page 7
Here MS states, “After I was banned from going into the houses…” What? But, but I thought you told all who would listen, you were LOCKED UP in a tiny shed like an animal!!
Thus Far…
RESTATING SOME FACTS
1. Maura was demoted form her position in ACMTC on account of her unfaithfulness and unwillingness to amend her ways.
2. Maura’s husband was the one who put her out of his home because he did not want to live with an unfaithful wife.
3. Maura chose, by her own will, to live in the Chop Shop and then the two-story clubhouse.
4. Maura liven in the two-story clubhouse – the infamous “shed” – for only a short time. The two-story clubhouse was nothing like Maura’s exaggerated claims. It was 8-by-12 foot, two stories, had a 4-by-4 foot extension on one side and a 4-by-6 foot extension on the other side, was fully carpeted, had a window, a wood stove, and was powered with electricity.
5. Maura had a roommate in the two-story clubhouse named Jacque Rankin. No reporter has ever asked Jacque what really happened.
6. Maura was employed at the Art Shops during the time that she was allegedly “in captivity.” She was fully paid for her work.
7. Maura’s lawsuit implies physical while the testimony of her counselor reveals that she was “never held physically captive.”
CONCLUSION: Based upon the evidence, Maura Schmierer’s stories must be HORRIBLE LIES.
Part Two
Remember MS telling the court that the Chop Shop was cold?, only cold water, no hot water? On p.7 she writes: “my shoes & feet were always wet…I thought that I had a hiding place in the hot water heater room…” Yep! The CS had a hot water heater.
Another “Order”!
She continues (p.7): “Approximately 10 days after I was ORDERED (my emph.) to move into the Chop Shop, another woman Jaque Johnson was ousted & ORDERED (my emph) into the CS with me…” In her media interviews MS does not mention JJ or LD. She implies that she and she alone was LOCKED UP! When this document was made public to us, Robert Blasier’s Secretary came to me & told me that this doc was full of “black holes”. After reading it I knew what she meant. MS goes on to tell the court that we FORCED her to sign some papers. More “papers” were about their French Gulch Property in which she was to give up her share to FLM. This is a lie! Lt. Col. Philip (aka Steve Schmierer) & Capt. Maura both, together, gave their property over to Free Love Ministries, not to Deborah & me. She, again uses the word “ordered” (p.8): “…I did everything ordered…” She signed the papers. We cover all this in our PX2 Files/PX2 Trilogy.
On p.8 she talks about the life in the shed. In this doc she actually tells the truth: “…It had been built as a ‘clubhouse’”. In her interviews with the media she never calls it a “clubhouse” but a tiny, windowless shed, stinking horribly like mildew, wet…sounds pathetic! Yep! Meant to!
There are dozens of newspapers & TV/Docs that speak about the “shed”. The following page is taken from our PX2 Files Trilogy #2, page17:
NEW PROPAGANDA AGAINST ACMTC!!!
NOW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC has joined forces with the enemies to SLANDER and ACCUSE ACMTC-but, folks, IT’S GETTING A LITTLE OLD, HERE: They’re beating the same “SHED STORY” horse they’ve been beating for about 25 YEARS NOW!!! It’s a new show…but it’s the same old STUPID SELF-PITY SOB STORY OF AN EMBITTERED, BACKSLID WOMAN (WHO’S NOW GONE FROM CHRISTIANITY TO BUDDHISM!) WHO CAN’T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH FAME FOR HERSELF…ALTHOUGH…THIS TIME IT’S ALL BACKFIRING!!!
THE GAME IS UP! GOD’S EXPOSING the LIES! THE ACCUSERS ARE NOW BEING ACCUSED!
On National Geographic’s website, they posted the following descriptions for their “documentary”-that is, for their BIASED, ONE-SIDED AND PITIFULLY CONTRADICTORY “shed story”-under the title, “I Escaped A Cult” (also called: “Banished to the Shed”); our comments below are in brackets “[]”:
“Find out what life inside a cult is really like from individuals who drank the Kool-Aid, living and practicing the beliefs of a radical organization. Brent and Maura tell their emotional stories. [Note the word ’emotional’! NOT ‘FACTUAL!! Just for your information, Brent is said to be the escapee from a polygamist Fundamentalist Mormon sect, and Maura is the ‘shed lady,’ otherwise known as the ‘peanut butter princess,’ who’s sought FORTUNE and FAME by LYING against ACMTC for a quarter of a century now.]”
“Jim and Lila Green FORCE a member of their cult TO LIVE IN A SHED IN THE BACKYARD OF THEIR COMPOUND. comments, related links, and more” (emph. added).
The first airing of the show was at 10pm on April 10, 2012. Interestingly, a couple days after the first airing, there was only one comment posted in regards to the show. The comment, written by one Sally Ducker (at 6:52 PM on April 12, 2012) reads:
“Hi, the one thing as a woman I see is Maura is jealous and so is her daughter, Deb. Lila Green is obviously a woman of strength, the other two are money hungry liars. Maura looks like she is on pain meds, does she have cancer or what? not the same as what she said on Dr. Phil, I think Tom Briggs on youtube has a better take of the shed story, how did she escape when she said she left under their instructions? Seems like she is hiding something could it be the truth?
She said on Dr. Phil she was locked up in shed for six months, no water, no bath, no bathroom, no kids. then her daughter says that she saw her mother in yard, painting house, doing laundry, chopping wood, taking bath in yard? Phony, slanderous, ridiculous and cheap, trashy antiquated journalism very biased.”
The second airing of the show took place on April 15th. Yet another DUD.
As I said before, IT’S ALL BACKFIRING!!! The day before this National Geographic FLOP first aired, another documentary made its debut on the WEB- TELLING “THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY”!!! Tom Briggs, on YOUTUBE, put together his own POWERFUL, ANOINTED and SATIRICAL documentary SERIES that completely contrasts (in a MUCH MORE interesting and captivating way!) the LIES spewed forth by the bitter Buddhist.
YOU SHOULDN’T MISS OUT ON THESE VIDEOS!
Type the link below into your browser to go straight to his YOUTUBE channel, and then click on each video in the series.
https://www.youtube.com/@ThePx2Files/playlists
And I shouldn’t forget to note that in recent years, Maura Schmierer has employed (LITERALLY?!) her daughter, Rebekah, to join in on the LYING adventure. Rebekah’s made a few appearances on TV, including this recent National Geographic disaster-of-a-show, surely hoping for a little bit of that “fame and fortune” pie that “Momma Maura” has been scarfing down for 25 years now. BUT…OH, NO! The fame just turns to SHAME when you watch those “Px2” videos by Tom Briggs!
So once again, we have the media (this time, National Geographic) doing their infamous “one- sided story” bit-with information about as STALE as a 6-month-old, thin peanut butter sandwich. By the way, National Geographic never did contact us or ask us ANYTHING about the allegations cried out by Maura and daughter.
MS continues on p.8: “Several times (Lt.) Bernard Bandaras ORDERED us to remained ‘confined’ to our quarters…Although we were allowed to use the toilet in the Chop Shop…” Other times she tells the media that she was LOCKED UP in a tiny shed, no water, no bathroom…for 6 months.
She continues on p.9: “Bandaras would always (here in this doc she crosses out the word “always”, inserting the word “usually”) beat on the door… ‘time to go to work!!!” But she tells the media she never left the shed for 10 weeks or 6 months.
She continues: “We were treated like criminals. We were literally called ‘prisoners’…” Does she have any proof of this?
She goes on pp.9 & 10 talking about her “work” details. Again, on p.10 she uses the word “ordered”. Hey! Maura, why didn’t you just leave? Since you worked outside you could have flagged down a cop, seeing there were state police all around our H.Q. all the time. Why not get rescued? Why not have all of us arrested? Not ONE police report! Not ONE medical report! Not ONE!!! All made up stories.
Brainwashing?
Oh, yeah! This “B” word gets attention. In PX2 Files Trilogy #2 I have p.43 for your consideration:
COMMONLY REPEATED LIES
Lie #1 – ACMTC leaders practice “brainwashing.”
TRUTH – Please define “brainwashing”, folks! If you are denoting the Generals as cruel Communists, you are horribly deceived and have believed a lie. The Generals help people to think on whatsoever is “true… honest… just… pure… lovely… of good report… [of] virtue… [of] praise” (Philippians 4:8). This is Biblical. Christians are commanded to “THINK on these things,” and Christian leaders are commanded to admonish everyone in such sound doctrine (Titus 2:1; II Timothy 4:1-2 ff.).
Those who slander the Generals are usually avid TV watchers. If there has been any medium by which the masses in this nation have been “brainwashed” to believe certain philosophies, it has been the medium of television [now it’s the medium of the INTERNET!!!]. Food companies spend fortunes on advertising, trying to “brainwash” people to buy their products. Why don’t the accusers slander all advertising companies?
Accusations about “brainwashing” are merely attempts to discredit the Generals and ACMTC without any factual evidence. It’s all unsubstantiated hype. This hype surrounding the idea of “brainwashing” makes for a good melodrama, but it does not hold together under reasonable scrutiny.
Lie #2 – ACMTC practices kidnapping and abusing children.
TRUTH – Another quote from the afore- mentioned Gridley-Biggs-Richvale Ministerial Association answers this allegation well. Against the above charge, the ministers said, “Please folks, don’t get them [ACMTC] mixed up with other groups that we have heard of.” Amen and amen!
While in Sacramento, ACMTC was twice visited by Child Protection Agency (CPA) workers, who had come to address the above allegations, especially child abuse and neglect. The CPA workers determined the allegations were absolutely false and NO ONE FILED CHARGES.
Consider also the following quote from Sergeant William Elliot of the Butte County Sheriff’s department. This quote was cited in the May 3, 1989 issue of The Gridley Herald: “…the Sheriff’s department sees the ACMTC ‘as just another religious group’… involved in ‘no criminal activity that know of.”” Gridley Mayor Thomas E. Campton said the same thing: “I haven’t seen them do anything wrong” (quoted in The Sacramento Bee, Sunday, May 7, 1989). Now why do people not pay attention to verified statements like that? Think, if the above allegations were true, would not ACMTC have been shut down long ago? Kidnapping and child abuse are criminal charges. The Generals would already have been locked up if the accusers had even one minuscule shred of evidence to support their claims.
The early Christian communities of the first, second, and third centuries were faced with the exact same accusations concerning children, so these false allegations are nothing new.
Ordered
Just what does MS mean by “ordered”? She also uses the word “ousted”. They are not the same.
Ordered/Ousted: Look both of these words up in the Eng. Dictionary.
So far she uses the words “order”/“ordered” 21 times, pp.4-10; the word “ousted” is mentioned once, p.2; once p.3; once p.6; once p.7; once p.8.
Part Three
On page 11 she writes, “For the 2½ months we were FORCED (my emph.) to live in the shed. We were only given 6 stale white bread (skimpy) peanut butter sandwiches per day – NOTHING ELSE!” This Big Lie has been told & retold dozens of times. Sarah told the Guardian (April 2026) “…So when they (me & Deborah) LOCKED the people the shed, I’d sneak them food. I just didn’t understand why Maura…all of a sudden was being FORCED (my emph.) to live like an animal & do the most degrading things”. Well, that statement contradicts Maura’s “we were only given 6 stale white bread peanut butter sandwiches per day – NOTHING ELSE!” So, what food did Sarah slip into that LOCKED, NO WINDOWS tiny shed? “Locked” implies we had the key, not Sarah. And that statement “forced to live like an animal came directly from one reported (see our PX2 Files Trilogy). The following quotes are taken from PX2 Files, #1, pp.23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, & 33:
DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS
DOUBLE P (Px2 FILES – Persecution x Prosecution)
DOCUMENTARY
Note: My words in the quotes are contained in brackets [ ], and my initials “GJ” come before my comments/replies.
FIRST ARTICLE
– article written by Dale Vargas (DV), with quotes from Maura Schmierer (MS) –
DV: “A 39-year-old Sacramento woman is suing FLM [Free Love Ministries, former name of ACMTC] claiming the unorthodox Christian group held her captive for 6 months last year…”
“[Maura Schmierer], who had been a member of the group [a Captain] since 1982, was [notice the word following] virtually imprisoned last January…”
“[Maura Schmierer] said she was forced for the next 6 months to live in tiny quarters [a single place or different places?] and do menial work at the groups compound.”
GJ: The above statement is really vague. Did she live in a single place, or different places? It sounds like she is implying that she lived in the shed (“tiny quarters”) for 6 months. (Actually, the so-called tiny “shed” was really a two-story clubhouse-a “T”-shaped building that was 8×12 ft. with two extensions: one 4×4 ft. extension with a window; one 4×6 ft. extension with a wood stove; it was fully carpeted, had electricity, and good lighting.) But how can one be “virtually” locked up and yet do work outside the “tiny quarters”? Was she really “imprisoned” as she claimed?
DV: “During that time, her diet consisted of small, stale peanut butter sandwiches, she said during the interview in her attorney’s office. For 6 months, she said, she was not allowed to bathe or have any hot water. Frequently she did not have access to a bathroom.” [Again, this sounds like she is implying 6 months in the “shed”.]
GJ: On the Dr. Phil TV Show, Phil McGraw comes on and says, “… Maura says her worst punishment was being locked in a windowless shed for 10 weeks with only stale peanut butter sandwiches.”
MS (on the Phil Show): “I was not allowed to see or talk to my children for SIX MONTHS [remember this statement]. There was a shed in the backyard. I was ordered to move into that shed. There were no windows in the shed and it was full of mildew and you couldn’t stand upright. NO BATHROOM or shower for SIX MONTHS [remember this].” [She was in the so-called “shed” for 6 months?]
Towards the end of the TV show:
MS: “…they put me out in the shed…the door was NOT LOCKED. I COULD HAVE LEFT…”
Back to the Sacramento Bee newspaper:
MS: “I was afraid to walk away.”
GJ: What? Maura was virtually locked up for 6 months (by implication and vagueness, in the “shed” the whole time), and she says she could have walked away?
DV: “[Maura Schmierer] spent PART OF HER TIME in a 5×12 ft. shed…At times, other women also spent time in the shed…”
SECOND ARTICLE
HEADLINE: “Mother of 3 sues cult-tells of life in shed” (Sacramento Union newspaper, March 16, 1988 issue)
article by Trinda Pasquet (TP), reporter, with quotes from Maura Schmierer (MS) –
TP: “The mother of 3 said she was removed from her family and forced [note that word “FORCED”!] to live in ‘intolerable conditions’ for the following SIX MONTHS.”
“…the organization…moved her into a workshop…”
GJ: True about her being in the workshop. It was the very newly built workshop that had a restroom, running water, a phone, and the doors locked from the inside. It was a spacious, new 30×40 ft. workshop-she had very large living quarters! This is the very shop she never dared to mention on the Dr. Phil Show. Why? The papers said she stayed in the workshop, cause Mrs. peanut-butter princess told the reporter it was so, so why the silence about it now?
TP: “…she [Maura Schmierer] was moved into a 5×12 ft. wooden shed [actually, as said above, it was really a two-story clubhouse-a “T”-shaped building that was 8×12 ft. with two extensions: one 4×4 ft. extension with a window; one 4×6 ft. extension with a wood stove; it was fully carpeted, had electricity, and good lighting]… The woman [Maura Schmierer] said she and another banished member [Capt. Rachel Johnson] shared the damp shed without toilet facilities or windows.”
GJ: On the TV show, Maura makes her audience believe that she NEVER bathed (hold your noses, folks!), NEVER went to the toilet (wow!) and NEVER saw any of her children for 6 months.
TP: “During the 10 WEEKS [or was it 6 months, Maura?] she spent there, she was fed an average of 6 small, stale peanut butter sandwiches every day.”
GJ: She never tells us that her and her son ate in the kitchen/dining room-all they wanted to eat!!
TP: “In March 1987, the suit said [Maura Schmierer] and 2 other female members were advised at a meeting that their husbands were divorcing them for ‘spiritual adultery’ [ha!]. The 3 women were then allegedly ordered back to the shed, where they remained for about 5 days [5 days?].”
Note the next quote:
TP: “One of the 3 women reportedly left the compound and Sacramento police were phoned…”
GJ: True, in one sense. The one who left (a black girl) did use our camp phone to call the police-but not because she was held captive. Did we or did we not LOCK these ladies up? If we did, how did this one escape? This “escapee” actually spent only 5 days/nights in the fully carpeted, powered, well lit, heated two-story clubhouse AT HER OWN DOINGS, then left. The police did come, looked at the two-story clubhouse, found NOTHING wrong (not even with the 2 other “prisoners”!), and left. NO report was made, no arrests, NOTHING!
Why didn’t Maura call or ask for help? Two officers were right there! In fact, why didn’t Maura ever make out a police, medical, or psychiatric report to have PROOF of all her sad tales in the “shed”? Why not have us arrested? Why not?
TP: “[Maura Schmierer] said she spent the next 3 weeks in a basement and then moved into a bedroom for 6 weeks.”
GJ: Well now, isn’t this just fine! What about her story that we held her “captive” for 6 months, or 10 weeks, with no toilet, no hot water, blah, blah, blah?
Just as I told the reporters back then: she was NOT held against her will. To hear her tell it on the TV show, she held her bowels for 6 months and never bathed. Her lies get BIGGER!! And she intentionally speaks vaguely. She said she never saw her kids for 6 months also. Really, Maura?
TP: Note the following quote: “[Maura Schmierer’s] 5-year-old son…moved…into [Maura Schmierer’s] bedroom…”
GJ: We allegedly ordered the move.
Yes, dear readers, she saw her kids! (But how could she, if she implies to have been locked up for 6 months and didn’t even have a window in that dirty, wet ol’ wooden shed? Oh, maybe she peeked thru the cracks!) Her son did live with her in several locations in our camp. Don’t you remember, Maura?
Last comment in the paper:
TP: “Jim Green, Brigadier General, finally ordered [Maura Schmierer] to leave the compound in July 1987…”
GJ: True enough. I got sick of this lady acting so stupid and playing “held captive.”
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Now, dear readers, is this CONFUSION and intentional vagueness? And she has carried on with this “20 million dollar LIE” for 24 years now. I have dozens of newspaper clips that contradict over and over her own reports. And they (our enemies) still think we did all that stuff to this poor ol’ pathetic liar!
Doesn’t she even know what “story” she told whom? Why can’t she just speak plainly about her story? This is just the “shed” story, not to mention her other extra deeds and sayings.
“Food for Thought”
MANY TIMES Maura Schmierer claims she was fed 6 stale peanut butter sandwiches a day for 10 weeks, no water was mentioned for drinking. This would add up to 420 sandwiches.
In other places, Maura seems to claim that she was fed 6 stale peanut butter sandwiches a day for 6 months, no drinking water being mentioned. This would add up to 1098 sandwiches (with 30- and 31- day months alternating). Not bad! At times she says she had only minimal access to a toilet, and in some places she seems to imply that she had no access to a toilet. In either case, I guess she must have released her bowels (at least somewhat) in the corner of that dirty ol’ dark shed, or she MUST have held her bowels for, perhaps, the entire 10 weeks? or even 6 months?! If this is the case-that she held her bowels-she ought to be in the Guinness Book of World Records for holding in either 420 or 1098 peanut butter sandwiches without having to go to the bathroom!!
Maura doesn’t mention what the other ladies ate. Capt. Rachel Johnson stayed the entire duration in the “shed” with Maura…and what did she eat? Maura never tells us. Let us just guess-she ate the same number of sandwiches as Maura. If this was true, then both of them together consumed 840 sandwiches in 10 weeks, or for 6 months it would be 2196 peanut butter sandwiches-with no drinking water mentioned. Let us say that they did release. their bowels in the shed’s corner…
Weigh the Evidence
“Thank you very much. I want you to imagine you’re growing up in the US, right? I mean that’s the dream where we have freedom. But instead choosing to live in isolation with a group ruled by generals that call themselves God’s Army. Well, today we’re talking to people who escaped from what they say is a bizarre religious community. They say they had no money, no TV, no cars and no contact with family on the outside. They also say they lived under the eyes, the watchful eyes of these so-called trusted leaders who made sure a high standard of holiness was maintained. Now Maura was one of the first to sign up, and she brought her 12-year-old daughter Rebekah with her. They say children were abused and adults who questioned authority were belittled and humiliated. Maura says her worst punishment was being locked in a windowless shed for 10 weeks with only stale peanut butter sandwiches.”.
Quote from the Dr. Phil Show Sept. 21, 2006 (Opening Sequence)
The following is a series of quotes taken from various newspaper articles written in the late 1980’s as well as some quotes from the Sept. 21, 2006 Dr. Phil Show, along with my comments. Note: My initials (GJ) come before my comments..
– General Jim
[Note: In some quotes, “bold-faced type”, “italics”, “underline” and/or “all caps” have been added for emphasis.]
“ACMTC Ministry Comes To Gridley” Chico Enterprise-Record (California) Reporter: Ed Farrell (EF) May 4, 1989
EF: “The plaintiff [Maura Schmierer] complained of brainwashing and harsh treatment, claiming she was punished by the group by being FORCED to live in an unheated, unlighted shed on a diet of peanut butter sandwiches.”
MS: “What they practice there is mind control. Pure and simple brainwashing. They use God’s name for evil purposes and they subvert people’s minds. And when you subvert someone’s mind, it’s like RAPING their soul.”
GJ: If Maura was really brainwashed by us, who evaluated this? A psychiatrist? A doctor? Did Maura seek to get “deprogrammed”? NO! Not ONE report of this ever being done. If she was really that brainwashed, when did she get her rightful mind back? Apparently after she sued us for 20 million dollars-that did the job!
EF: “The building [‘shed’] had no electricity or plumbing…”
GJ: It had electric power but no plumbing. It was a clubhouse. But right next door (literally butting right up to an extension on the clubhouse) was a brand new 30×40 ft. building that had power, a restroom, wood and electric heat, and a phone-all for Maura to use anytime. She even lived in this new building for a period of time.
EF: “…[Maura Schmierer] spent her time ‘in judgment’ deep in prayer, seeking forgiveness and guidance from God. Only the DEPLORABLE conditions and NEAR STARVATION forced her to leave the compound, according to her attorney, Bob Blasier of Sacramento.”
GJ: Deep prayer? Forgiveness? What kind of talk is this? Deplorable conditions? Our camp was clean, beautiful and up to city code! Ask the city officials.
EF: “It was only after an INTENSE ‘de-programming’ session that [Maura] contacted Blasier.”
GJ: Intense “de-programming”? By whom, when, where, how? Get serious, she was never “brainwashed” nor “held captive”-these were made up to sue us, pure and simple!
EF: “On the surface, the Greens are very articulate, very neat people who don’t come across at all like crazies. But underneath the surface, in my opinion, they’re COMPULSIVE, CONFIRMED LIARS, Blasier said.”
GJ: Tell me, Mr. Blasier, who is telling the lies? Read Maura’s own words for yourself. And if we are very “neat” people, why would we have a camp that is DEPLORABLE, dirty, dingy, etc.?
EF: “According to Blasier, SEVERE corporal punishment of the group’s children could be classified as child abuse, but sexual promiscuity or abuse is not practiced or tolerated by the ministry.”
GJ: What child abuse, Mr. Blasier? Tell me, please. Where is any record of this so one can get confirmation? NONE! The Dr. Phil Show was sickening when both Maura and her daughter said we told them to BEAT their babies. Maybe they did, but not because we told them to. However, we do correct children according to the Biblical standard.
EF: “’That [reference to severe punishment of children] is merely another lie,’ said Green. ‘Mr Blasier has been after us for years [to find something, anything on us; after all, he is a criminal lawyer, not a civil one].’”
-comment in the article by Brig. General Deborah (GD): –
GD: “We’ve been inspected on several occasions by the authorities, including Child Protective Services, and we’ve never been found lacking in proper care for the children here. In fact, we’ve ALWAYS been complimented about the neatness of our facility.”
GJ: Tell me, Maura, why didn’t you ever call the police on us for child abuse? And you, daughter of Maura, why have you waited 19 years now to accuse us of ordering you to beat your baby? Neither you nor your mother ever said a word about this back then to any reporters or officials. Surely, Maura, if we had done all this CRUEL child abuse, you would have let the reporters know. Remember, you LOVE to “expose” us!!
Taken from the Dr. Phil Show Sept. 21, 2006
MS: “I was instructed to whip my 6-month-old son with a belt on his bare bottom…”
MS’s daughter: “I whipped my son because I was instructed to. I was afraid of Deborah Green. I did it because I was told to, and I knew it wasn’t right. Innocent little baby gets beat!”
GJ: Now isn’t this pathetic-the Generals TOLD ME TO DO IT! Passing the buck. I guess I also would call this being “brainwashed” if I would have heard this. “They made me do it.” Wow! Why have you dear ladies waited so many years to tell this? Oh, forgive me, you are AFRAID of my wife. You are Christian and you’re still controlled by fear??
[NOTE: Maura is now a practicing BUDDHIST and a WINE BIBBER!!!.]
“Religious Sect Moves To Biggs” Mercury-Register
Reporter: Rick Longly (RL)
RL: “The Greens…flatly denied published allegations by one-time member [Maura Schmierer] that she was abused by the group and forced to live in unsanitary conditions for a time at the ministry’s Sacramento complex.”
“The Greens said the building [Maura Schmierer] allegedly lived in was clean and [Maura] had moved into it after divorcing her husband who lived elsewhere in the compound.”
“Gridley ‘Cult’ Denies Charges” Yuba-Sutter Appeal Democrat Reporter: Gordon Sullivan (GS) May 6, 1989
GS: “After the divorce, Deborah Green said, she wanted [Maura] to leave the Sacramento compound but allowed her to stay in a children’s ‘playhouse’ there with electricity, a stove and carpeting because ‘she begged me’.”
GJ: Maura literally BEGGED my wife to stay in our camp. She said if we did not allow her to stay, she would take her son and live on the streets (around our camp) in a shopping cart. Why hasn’t Maura ever mentioned this? Dozens of members heard her say this, including her daughter who was on the Dr. Phil Show.
Gridley Press Conference
“Aggressive Christian Group Responds To Media Attacks”
Reporter: Charles Gallardo (CG) May 5, 1989
– comment in the article by Brig. General Deborah (GD): –
GD: “There has been a lot of misunderstanding in the media.”
CG: “However, amidst the smoking guns the group’s leadership did not address issues that affect the local residents.’
“The room at the compound north-east of Gridley on Mead Ave was crowded with TV crews and reporters plus some curious neighbors, Gridley Mayor Tom Compton, Councilwoman Suzanne Ingram, Chief of Police John Donnahae, Supervisor Ed McLaughlin, and others.”
“[General] James asserted that Blasier is a covetous lawyer who sought someone for a long time and finally found [Maura Schmierer].”
“The Greens contend Bob Blasier has been after our property for 5 or 6 years.”
GJ: That is no understatement! Maura and Blasier, together, made up the 20 million dollar lie to do away with ALL of us. In fact, several years ago, one of our female officers called his office (in disguise) and asked for the video pack (about the press conference, which he sells!!). He told her that this current lawsuit (which is time-barred by the 14 year statute of limitations for NM) “would finally DESTROY ACMTC!” These are his exact words. You folks can see now how the court in Grants, NM, is horribly biased and bigoted against us. In fact, one man flew down from another state and warned us that they (Bob Blasier and Maura) had “gotten the right judge that would agree with them.” This was his exact statement. Has the judge been bribed? Biased, bigoted, bribed? It does appear to be so!
“Christian Cult Sets Up Camp North of Gridley” Gridley Herald
Reporter: Charles Gallardo (CG)
Wed., May 3, 1989
CG: “According to a March 11, 1989 Sacramento Bee report given the Herald by ACMTC co-leader [Brig. General] Lila [Deborah] Green, the one-time member, [Maura Schmierer], 41, of Sacramento, countered in the suit that she was ‘virtually imprisoned’ in January 1987 after the group’s leaders deemed that she had ‘fallen under God’s judgment’.”
“The Bee report continued, ‘she [Maura] said she was FORCED for the next 6 months to live in tiny quarters [plural?] and do menial work at the group’s compound.’
GJ: Again, Maura held a job out at the Anden Way Art Shop, along with the “other woman” (Rachel Johnson). They both earned their own money, walked the streets of Sacramento, passing out tracts, shopping, coming and going from our city Headquarters. Ask Maura about this. Ask if she did indeed work, get paid, and have taxes taken out of her paycheck. Ask her. Ask her daughter, who rode in our bus to and from the Art Shop.
– comment in the article by Brig. General Jim: – GJ: “The lawsuit was the plot of a lawyer [Blasier] to take away our land.”
GJ: This same lawyer is trying to repeat this same evil plot here in NM as I write this (Nov. 2, 2006).
“Militaristic Sect Comes To Butte County” Butte County Reporter
article by: George Thurlow and Melinda Welsh (T&W) May 4, 1989
T&W: “…A former member [Maura Schmierer] alleged she had been brainwashed, separated from her children and then FORCED to live in a shed ‘LIKE AN ANIMAL’.”
GJ: Folks, this gets better all the time “like an animal”!
T&W: “…sect member was FORCED to move into a 5×10 wooden shed, where she lived for 10 weeks.”
“In a lengthy response to [Maura Schmierer], handed out to reporters at the Biggs ranch, the Greens deny the allegations and allegations and blame [Maura’s] accusations on a nasty custody fight.”
Note this next quote:
“The woman’s daughter [the same one on the Dr. Phil Show with “mom”] also belongs to the group and, according to the Greens, is ‘ashamed’ of her mother’s actions.”
GJ: Everybody from those days knows perfectly well that Maura and her daughter NEVER did get along.
T&W: “The real reason for [Maura’s] problems, the Greens concluded, was SERIOUS MISCONDUCT.”
“Religious Group Responds To Controversy, Concern Over East Biggs Location”
The Biggs News
Reporter: John Hetherington (JH) May 4, 1989
comment in the article by Brig. General Jim: – GJ: “…we have a swinging-door policy here. If you come in [to ACMTC], you can go out. We don’t keep people against their wills.””
GJ: This policy still holds today. WE DO NOT WANT TROUBLEMAKERS OR THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE! Read my lips!!
“Sacramento’s Army of God” Sacramento News and Reviews
Reporter: Melinda Welsh (MW) 1989
MW: “Army of God’-an elite force of warriors in training for some ultimate combat for the souls of humankind…their Headquarters consisted of 4 middle-class, METICULOUSLY kept communal houses…”
“Pamela Sockolov, an employee at Bill’s Glass across the street, says she’s been watching them [the ministry] move for weeks. ‘I watched them take down the BIG SHED and load what was left into vans.”
GJ: That BIG SHED was the new workshop where Maura lived for a time (sound TINY to you?) and had constant access to a phone, toilet, sink, and space!
MW: “Jim
and Lila [and other other sect members]…brainwashed her, separated her from her children, and FORCED her to live ‘LIKE AN ANIMAL’ for 6 months.”
“Cult-Buster: Bob Blasier”
(taken from the same newspaper above; “BB” stands for “Bob Blasier”)
BB: “I could see how people could be drawn to them [the Generals] at first, though, reflected Blasier. They seem like friendly, articulate people.”
GJ: Yes, and Bob told us he too was Christian. Yet all his actions against us were very UN-Christian.
“Ministry Contends with Violence”
Butte County Reporter Reporter: Jan Held (JH)
May 11, 1989
JH: “The judgment came about when [Maura Schmierer], 41, stated in her suit she was IMPRISONED by the ACMTC in January of 1987 and FORCED to live in a shed and do menial work at the group’s Sacramento compound.”
GJ: Here we go one more time, the pitiful “shed” story.
JH: “Because there was no room in the dormitory-style quarters in which members lived, [Brig. General] Lila Green said, Mrs. [Maura Schmierer] was given the opportunity to remain in the complex to live in a ‘playhouse’ the group had built for children living in the complex. ‘There were utilities in the building and restrooms available,’ the Greens said, adding anyone who had seen the Sacramento complex knows there was NO DILAPIDATED shed on the property. ‘We could have put her out on the street,’ Lila Green said, but we didn’t.”
“Still a member of [the ACMTC], Philip Jordan [now Colonel] validated the Greens’ statements, saying his ex-wife was sexually promiscuous.”
“Gridley Officials Respond to New Christian Group”
The Biggs News
Reporter: Charles Gallardo (CG) May 1989
CG: “Citing the First Amendment and the right of due process, Gridley public officials offered tentative approval, amid skepticism, to the newly arrived [ACMTC] following the group’s press conference last Thursday morning.”
“I am still skeptical, the Mayor said, but would like to gather more facts before I make a decision. Until proven guilty, they are innocent.”
“Gridley Police Chief echoed those [words] of the Mayor, ‘Anybody can make allegations. Unless I have solid evidence, I’m not going to condemn them,’ he said.”
GJ: Thank you, Mayor and Chief. Too bad others don’t follow your advice. Well, folks, we were never “condemned” in that township-they saw thru all the media hype and Maura Schmierer/Bob Blasier BULL!
“Militant Sect Tells Its Story” Superior California – Weekend Reviews
Reporter: Richard Abrams (RA) May 3, 1989
RA: “In an unexpected about-face, ministry members…said the sect had ‘decided to come out of the closet’ to do battle with ‘bigoted hysteria’ that has subjected their ministry to its own depiction of ‘hell’.” Note this next quote: “…to break up [Maura’s] former marriage and BANISH her to a small shed for 6 MONTHS.”
GJ: Mr. Abrams literally stalked us for years, trying to get an interview (his tactics of reporting were not “nice,” so we avoided him). Finally we let him in our one and only press conference.
RA: “They said her [Maura’s] crime was that she loved her husband and children more than God…”
GJ: This has got to be funny! Maura never cared for her kids; that is why she pushed them off on us all the time. Everybody at that time knew this. She was a POOR mother and wife. We were told by two men that she was “available.” It was for this that we had to do something. She denies this, but even a casual reader of what I’ve compiled can see that she LIES!
RA: “Jerry Axtell, [Maura’s pastor,] a senior pastor at New Hope Christian Fellowship, has also counseled [not “de-programmed”!] ex-members, including [Maura Schmierer] and [Lisa Dye-the black girl who “escaped” the ol’ bad Generals!]. The indoctrination ‘happens by degrees-like what happed with Hitler in Germany. [MAURA] WAS NEVER HELD PHYSICALLY CAPTIVE. But…by fear,’ Axtell said.”
GJ: At last! Sorry about that, Maura, but he just had to “tell the truth” (at least about you never being a physical captive) since he was your pastor. Why do you continually tell people the opposite, or at least imply the opposite? Do you LIE? Do you DECEIVE? Well, we’re all waiting out here!
MS: “I was accused of treating my children as idols…”
GJ: Really, Maura? When did you ever care for any of your kids? Never when we knew you.
RA: “It was in fact, [Maura’s] 20-year old daughter who sent a recent letter to local media titled ‘The $20 million lie.’ [Rebekah] accused her mother of a litany of SINS, including CHILD NEGLECT AND CHILD ABUSE.”
GJ: Well now, dear ladies, why have both of you, on the Dr. Phil Show, blamed us now? Did you, Maura, promise your daughter a piece of the lawsuit pie if she would lie? It appears this way. I would never tell my audience what you allowed to happen to your little daughter before joining ACMTC. We have the newspaper report from Placerville, CA, describing that event. Don’t you remember? We do! Child neglect and child abuse is lightly putting it…it was sexually sick!!
RA: “Lt. Col. Phillip Jordan [AKA, Steve Schmierer] last week called his ex-wife’s accusation ‘fantastic lies’. Jordan…said the shed in which his ex-wife claimed to be held captive was actually a children’s playhouse with carpet and electricity. Jordan said he and [Maura] chose to divorce after she became involved in an extramarital affair [which we know to be true!]. He said his ex-wife CHOSE ON HER OWN to move into the clubhouse after we were divorced.”
“Aggressive Christians Face Possible LOSS of Property”
Butte County Reporter
Reporter: Charles Gallardo (CG) 1989
CG: “According to the suit, [Maura] signed over her house, unknowingly gave up legal custody of her 3 minor children and unwittingly agreed to a divorce during her CAPTIVITY.”
GJ: Here we have a woman who “signed over her house.” What house? The small, unfinished and partly furnished (with NO electric, no bath or restroom or running water!) cabin up in the mountains that your husband built? Yes, we went there several times. The same cabin where your kids didn’t eat properly, were not clothed adequately and you and your husband grew dope and used lots of it! If my memory serves me right, my wife and I used to bring you folks food-a 3 hour (one-way) drive. And your poor, sick baby girl, who had pneumonia, after I prayed for her, was healed that very night. Have you forgotten this? Have you also forgotten that it was we who bought your first pair of shoes when you hadn’t had on shoes for literally years? I also showed that receipt to the reporters, but as usual, they failed to report all this to the public. Was it not us who helped you move into a nice home in Sacramento area to live in, after you both wanted to straighten out your hippy lifestyle? And wasn’t it you both who agreed (after you said you heard from God in prayer!) to sell your cabin and donate the $$ to the ministry? To be honest, dear Maura, we never asked a penny out of either one of you-or has your memory failed you? And was it not you, Maura, that used to bring your kids over to our home to get fed, because you didn’t even know how to cook for a family? Have all your kids forgotten this or have you turned them against us because you didn’t want them to stay with God? We have lots of photos of you guys back then in the hills. You had no expensive home that we took.
Oh yes!
I can’t pass up the opportunity to let my readers read the following:
“Soldiers of God’ have NM town abuzz” El Paso Times
Reporter: Dan Williams, (DW) June 25, 1995
DW: “The Greens are intelligent, crafty people who have become adept at controlling others, said Robert Blasier, a Sacramento lawyer. He said he has represented parents of several group members. Today, he is part of the defence team at the O.J. Simpson trial in Las [sic] Angeles, CA.”
GJ: This ought to tell us something about the “Christian” character of Mr. lawyer-defending a brutal murderer as O.J.!
There is a man that is supposed to champion women (such as “abused” Maura!), and here he is defending a wife-killer. Everybody knows that O.J. killed his wife. I’m not saying this, everybody I ever talked to says it! So, Mr. O.J. gets set free-WITH THE HELP OF BLASIER!!
DW: “Deborah Green who went by the name Lila Green in Sacramento, is especially convincing, Blasier said.”
GJ: Why, Mr. lawyer? Because she don’t let people push her around, like you!
DW: “Lila is the real power behind the group,” he said.”
GJ: Sorry, Mr. lawyer, but Christ Jesus is the REAL POWER behind her.
DW (quoting BB): “She’s one of those people you look in the eyes and you feel real strange-a Charlie Manson type.”
Here we go one more time
DW: “…a former member who said she was brainwashed, imprisoned and FORCED to divorce her husband and surrender legal custody of her 4 children.”
“It’s a mental prison. They tore apart my life,’ said [Maura Schmierer] of Sacramento… ‘they told all kinds of lies about me…made my husband think I was a witch.””
GJ: Does the kettle call the pot BLACK? Lies? Lies, Mrs. Schmierer? Really? It is okay for your attorney to call my wife Charles Manson, but don’t say anything about good old you.
DW: “…she was held captive in a 5×12 ft. wooden shed with a low ceiling that prevented her from standing upright.’
“They claimed that God had judged me, so they excommunicated me and put me in a shed in the basement,’ [Maura Schmierer], now 47, said.”
GJ: Shed, in the basement? That’s new, isn’t it?
Now Hear This!
DW: “[Maura]…said she feels intimidated by the group’s ‘generals.’ But, she said Berino [NM] residents shouldn’t consider them a threat to the community.”
GJ: Thanks, Maura, for that “nice” comment. We’re real sorry that you feel so intimidated by us. Maybe you should REPENT of all your lies and get some peace in your troubled life.
One example of an e-mail received from Maura, dated 2/4/03:
“You are being foolish. Hypocrites, liars, snakes! How can you live under the pretense of holiness when you TWIST truth and make up these outlandish, mean-spirited, disgustingly nasty lies? You are perverted, who is your father? My Father has taught me NOT TO LIE. From whose garden do you pick your fruit: sorcery, hatred, contentions, outbursts of wrath, dissension, heresies…?
Thank God for His Word which is a lamp to my feet. Otherwise, with all the mud you’ve flung my way, I’d be in the nuthouse for sure. And thank you for re-energizing my vigor to fight deception and to stand victorious on Truth’s ground…paradoxically, lies can reveal truth too.”
GJ: You said it, Maura. This is why I want my readers to see the profile of one who is steeped in lies. Produce evidence of our “mud flinging” if you will. I’ve just quoted many (not all) of YOUR quotes, not someone else’s.
[NOTE: SHE HAS NEVER PRODUCED ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE!!]
She ended with this:
“And you know…the more lies you tell, the more transparent you become.”