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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, is it appropriate here to ask concerning what happened to Gene Gruhler, why he left Anaheim? And what happened to Dan Towle, that he left Fullerton and is apparently not meeting?

As you may or may not know, Gene Gruhler was an Elder in Anaheim back in the 70s. At some point he moved to Denver, presumably to function as the lead elder there. I believe this would have been sometime after the Max Rapoport situation in 1978. After departing Anaheim, Max and his family moved to the Denver area. There was a lot of disturbance and turmoil in the Church in Denver at that point. Eventually a couple of the Elders and a large portion of the congregation "left" the Church in Denver. It was at that point, I believe Gene Gruler came for his first stint in Denver.

After the turmoil and division of the late 80s in Southern California (involving John Ingalls et al) Witness Lee asked Gene Gruhler to return from Denver to Anaheim. (ostensibly to replace Ingalls, Knoch et al) At some point (memory fails me on exact year) Gruhler again returned to Denver where he has been ever since. For his first stint Gruhler was naturally the lead elder in the church in Denver. Upon his return, and more so in later years, Gene became what could be described as a "mentor" and advisor of the existing elders. In recent years Mary Gruhler's heath has become quite serious and Gene has been relegated to her full-time care. I don't believe he has attended meetings on a regular basis in quite a while.

As far as Dan Towle, I have not heard anything about his situation. At one time he was one of the principals of DCP. I don't think his name appears anymore related to DCP. I would be very surprised if he left the Local Church. Could you please be a little more specific on where you heard this information?
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