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Originally Posted by UntoHim

Were Max Rapoport and John Ingalls Forced Out?

In February 1978 some brothers informed Brother Lee that one of the co-workers, Max Rapoport, was seeking to undermine his work and ministry and to incite a “revolution” among the younger saints in the local churches. By the Lord’s leading Brother Lee did nothing to directly oppose Rapoport’s efforts or to expose his misconduct.
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Let me just dismantle the falsehoods here.

• WL started his "Young Galileans" move or "flow"
• WL sent Max out from Anaheim to shake up the young people in the LC's
• Max NEVER undermined Lee's work or ministry
• The "revolution" was begun by WL and Max was his agent of change
• The "revolution" stirred up the young people against their elders
• Chaos sprung up in many LC's, with the young people accusing their elders of "undermining WL's burden"
• Then Max did the unthinkable -- confronting Philip Lee for molesting a sister, having an adulterous relationship at LSM offices
• When all hell broke loose, WL needed a convenient scapegoat
• Lee threw Max under the bus to preserve his own pristine image
• As with every "storm" it is labeled by Lee as a "rebellion"
• WL used an ancient Chinese custom of attacking your opponent by shaming his wife
• WL targeted Max's wife, humiliating her publicly as the "instigator of a sisters' rebellion
• "WL did nothing to directly oppose" Max??? Nothing could be further from the truth
• WL fabricated self-serving accusations about Max and his wife to protect his own family. He undermined righteousness by "shooting the messenger"
• Max repented of all his wrongdoing, WL never did