TBN Personality Turns Wine into a Double DUI

[John81]

Miracle on the 73: TBN Personality Turns Wine into a Double DUI
Sunday, Jun. 21 2009 @ 6:13PMBy Gustavo Arellano in Gimme That OC Religion

It's telling about the sad state of religion reporting in Orange County, one of the founts of American Christianity, that no one has yet to report this: a major Trinity Broadcasting Company personality has pleaded guilty to two felony DUIs that put a 70-year-old man in the hospital with serious injuries.

On April 26, around 10 p.m., one Stephen Eugene Galiher was speeding at least over 85 miles per hour in his company-owned BMW on the 73 Freeway near the 55 Freeway interchange when he smashed into a car, causing it to overturn twice. Galiher--the head pastor at Trinity Music City Church, the main place of worship at TBN's Christian music theme park in Hendersonville, Tennessee--was in town after appearing four days earlier on Behind the Scenes, a show where TBN head Paul Crouch checks in with his many ministers. A California Highway Patrol report obtained by the Weekly shows that the officer on hand "smell[ed] a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Galiher's breath and, his eyes were red and bloodshot." When asked what he drank, the pastor admitted to "2 glasses of red wine at the Newport Beach Island Hotel." Either Galiher's a lightweight, or he's a big liar--when was the last time drinking too much wine created bloodshot eyes?

Steve Galiher (as he more commonly goes by) told the CHP officer he was heading to "the company house off Bear Street" before crashing. He then failed all the field sobriety tests, at which point the officer arrested him for a DUI. His actual blood-alcohol content is still unknown, as it's not listed in the field report.

On May 22 in Orange County Superior Court, Galiher pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and causing injury and DUI over .08 BAC causing injury. But Galiher isn't scheduled for sentencing until Dec. 18 and is free on $100,000 bail. He remains on TBN's roster; his victim, on the other hand (whom the Weekly is not identifying but we've spoken with his family), remains in the hospital with four broken ribs, a broken arm and leg, and had to get pins put in his vertebrae. He cannot currently walk due to the injuries caused by Galiher.

Here is Galiher and Crouch trying to fleece poor Christians out of more cash with TBN's nefarious Prosperity Gospel. How about a prayer for the poor man whom Galiher nearly killed, Crouch?

*Working on getting mug shot and accurate BAC level...

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/gimme-that-oc-religion/tbn-personality-turns-wine-int/

[JerryNumbers]

Sad, very sad.

[John81]

And yet these people continue to roll in money donated to them!

Awhile back I flipped through the "Christian" channels we get (on rare times there is even something worth watching) and right after getting to TBN here comes Jan Crouch on the set. Now, I'm not saying this to be mean, but that woman is just scary! Several coats of make-up, her hair all done up in a scary way, and the first thing she does is read something from an MV about giving so you will be blessed. Of course, she then started in on how folks should give to them so they can reap the blessings God wants to give them.

That was just way too much for my stomach to handle! I went back to Fox News for a few minutes and then shut the TV off and went to bed.

I can understand folks being taken in by the really slick "Christian" hustlers, but these people are just so out there it's amazing how many people truly believe in them and give huge sums of money to them.

[JerryNumbers]

I remember the 1st time I saw her I thought Jim Bakers wife was back. There for a while I would tune in and just see what they had to say, its sickening, to listen to their false teaching and the many who will join arms with them. I've seen that popular preacher from San Antoine, John Hagee, on there with them, yet I know many good Baptist talk about how wonderful of a preacher he is.

No doubt, they fool many people, no, actually they rob many people. Think about how many people, live high on the hog, off of God using false teachings. The thing is they're getting bolder as we seemed to have crossed over into the last days.

I have never found much worth listening to on TBN, seems most who are on their broadcasting are those who throw in with TBN's teachings.

[John81]

Yep, she reminds me of Baker's wife too!

It's just really sad to think of how many people are taken in by these gold diggers.

It's also a shame to see some of the people who are willing to go on their program.

I remember many years ago I heard a few of Pastor Hagee's sermons on TV. What I heard was sound and he preached the Gospel. However, years later when I came across his program he wasn't preaching like he was when I first heard him. It seems he's let his celebrity status go to his head and he's compromised for the sake of acceptance and he seems to have adopted some odd ideas too.

All of this makes it that much harder to witness to some folks here in America. So many have watched a bit of TBN and they view Christians in a very bad way because of this.

[BlessedChristianlady8]

LOL I looked up that Croch lady and boy does or did she look very tacky. If I watched them years ago I would have nightmares.

[JerryNumbers]

Did she invent face painting?

[John81]

Did she invent face painting?

It amazes me people who do this think they look good. Yet what I really wonder is who are the people who must keep telling them they look good like that?

[JerryNumbers]

It amazes me people who do this think they look good. Yet what I really wonder is who are the people who must keep telling them they look good like that?

The only thing I can say about those who call that pretty is, :bugeyes:!