EXPOSING Rev. “PASTOR” ERNEST O’NEILL

UNMASKING Ernest O’Neill of Campus Church, Minneapolis

WHY NOW?-COMMENTS

Kush K is CALLING ALL EX-CAMPUS CHURCH ASSOCIATES OF

THE EXTINCT CAMPUS CHURCH OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

Some of you will ask the obvious: WHY NOW? Why can’t bygones be bygones?

    Three big reasons:
    1. This man never apologized to the immense wrongs he did to thousands in Minneapolis.
    2. He continues to do the same old, same old, reincarnating himself in Raleigh, North Carolina.
    3. Justice needs to be done.

It is about time folks! Thirty years plus is a long time. Note, I have Pastor in “quotes” because, first, it is a self-acquired title. Second, the title “Pastor” is associated with qualities which Earnest O’Neill does not posses. Qualities such as love, caring, empathy, and honesty.  It is an insult to humanity to call this man a “Pastor.”  I will be calling him O’Neill.  Remember, one way how deceivers acquire respectability is to add titles to their names.  Religion gives respectability to scoundrels by such title as “reverend,” “pastor.” “holy” and so forth.

This is a tactic to subconsciously put your mind in a “respectful state.”  This allows religious office holders to obtain undeserved respect.  Additionally, such titles before one’s name protects them from criticism or just plain human scrutiny.  After all who but an arrogant fool will question the “holy father!”

Therefore, this or any other “reverend” does not awe me.  

This was not the state of my mind when I was deep into religion.  Thank goodness, I am free.  Which is why I am concerned about truth.  Which is why I have decided to use the blessing of the internet to expose this man.

HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY

I know many of you realized who Earnest O’Neill is.  You have told me so personally.  Which is why you did not follow him to North Carolina when he ran with all the loot.  Nevertheless, many of you have told me that you have left this human tragedy in “God’s good hands.”

With all due respect, crimes cannot be left in “God’s good hands.”  Which is why we have a justice system.  O’Neill’s crimes were worse than what ordinary criminals do.  Not addressing them is a crime in itself.  I am guilty of that myself.  Because I have remained silent.  To leave such human affairs of this earth into “God’s hands” is an easy and, to be honest, a lazy way out.  IT ACCOMPLISHES NOTHING.

Judgment or no judgment.  We already know that in real terms O’Neill will never pay for his crimes.  The greatest satisfaction he has is that he smugly reestablished himself.  This is his proof that he did nothing wrong. 

“O’Neill, you have hidden yourself behind the garb of religiosity and behind your enablers.  Your days of hiding are over O’Neill.”  Thanks to the Internet.  O’Neill, you can no longer hide.

THE DECEPTION
O’Neill’s deceptions can fill an encyclopedia. O’Neill’s number one tactic is deceiving the young idealists who are looking for a higher purpose and spiritual fulfillment. Using hypocritical dramatic acts and generating a narrative about himself accomplishes that. So may of us fell for that narrative. O’Neill talks of his intense, personal, spiritual experience he had years ago while he was a young man. This “experience” changed his life. The believability is imparted by the fact that when he had this “experience” with God, he was a Methodist minister. This experience revealed to him the hollowness of the organized churches such as the Methodists.

O’Neill decided to leave the organized church but not until he got permanent resident status in USA through the Methodist church. He had no compunction in betraying his sponsors who enabled him to come to America! No one ever questioned that because the young, idealists who are themselves disillusioned with organized churches, cannot see O’Neill’s betrayal to the Methodist church. Clever as he is, O’Neill actually used this to bolster his spirituality claims. The first deception worked.

O’Neill never had to worry about paying his monthly bills. The methodist church sponsorship helped his spouse get a green card. O’Neill made sure that he has an earning spouse. His wife is dentist. Therefore, if anything were to happen financially she was O’Neill’s financial fall back. Having himself put in financially secure circumstance, O’Neill has always been ready to play with other people’s life. From here on, O’Neill would not think about anybody else’s financial circumstances.

O’Neill always had the credit cards for himself, which he could easily obtain because of his spouse’s income. To the rest he would offer the God card. It worked! Here is how.

O’Neill founded the Campus Church in mid seventies. This was the post-Vietnam era. It was a time when many young persons were seeking spiritual comfort and healing. In other words it was the right time for spiritual deceiver. Snagging a few hundred idealist, young men and women, was not at all a problem for O’Neill. Campus Church prospered. So did O’Neill. He bought a lovely home in Wyzata, an expansive suburb of Minneapolis and drove a luxury car. What about the rest? They lived in improvised, sub-standard housing and got by with clunkers!

Be that as it may, this is not about sub-standard housing or clunkers!  This is about making right.

RIGHTING IT FOR O’NEILL BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE FOR HIM

O’Neill never made it right.  He never expressed any regret to anyone that I know.  He never to this day has apologized to the erstwhile elders of Campus Church such as Mark Behlen, Scott Colomb, Leighton Carlson, Bob Richardson (My apologies for misspelling some names — but you know who I mean).

THIS IS WHAT PROVES THAT O’NEILL IS A GUILTY MAN.  This lack of any regret, even a hint of apology.  No sir, a self-righteous man never apologizes.

I am under no delusions, that this man who never expressed any regret, let alone an apology, to his close circle of friends who sacrificed and worked hard for him will ever say anything meaningful to anyone else.

Vile men are known to have pleasant persona.  Once O’Neill knew that he could fool hundreds of young, spiritually inclined American with his pleasant persona he became an exploiter.  Ask any one who has been in a “leadership” position.  They will tell you upfront how easy it is to manipulate those who are willing to listen.

Especially when the listeners are waiting to hear the “word of God.”  Deceivers know how to tap into this vulnerability.  O’Neill, from day one, know how to exploit this vulnerability.

Which is why I have come to expose this man.  Some will say let bygones be bygones.  Others, still mired in in mind numbing religion would say, “Let God take care of this man on the day of judgement.”

To them I say NO.  Bygones are bygones where there is regret, where there is sorrow expresses, where there is sincere apology.

O’NEILL HAS NO SUCH REGRET, NO SORROW NO APOLOGY TO THOUSANDS HE HARMED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEIR UNSPEAKABLE SACRIFICE.

To the religiously inclined there might be justice in the other world.  For me that is a blank check that no one has ever cashed.

My objective is two fold.  1.  To let O’Neill know that he has not been able to fool all forever

2. To expose this man and ask him to fess up and apologize.

THIS IS NOT FOR ME.  IT IS FOR O’NEILL.  THOSE WHO HAVE SYMPATHY STILL FOR O’NEILL SHOULD CARE FOR HIS SOUL.  HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT THIS MAN IS OK IN THE EYES OF GOD WHEN HE DID SO MUCH HARM TO CHRIST’S FAMILY AND CHRIST’S CHURCH IN MINNEAPOLIS?  DO YOU NOT WANT THIS MAN TO BE MADE RIGHT BEFORE HE SEES THAT DAY FROM WHICH THERE WILL BE NO RETURN??

Come on Christians!  Do you not care for the soul of O’Neill?   Would you let him face the judgement thinking that he is OK just because he swears by Jesus Christ?  Is that enough?

As far as I know for Jesus Christ the biggest sin was hypocrisy.  This man needs to be saved from his hypocrisy.  His group of followers and enablers who did not demand accounting from him are the ones who are making sure that O’Neill goes to hell deluded that he is the favorite of Jesus Christ.

But how can O’Neill be right with Jesus Christ?  If he was would he had abandoned Christ’s children in Minneapolis and not shed a tear?  Can you not see the contradiction here?

Even if none of you replies to me.  Even if I do not get a single reaction.  It is not going to stop me from exposing this vile man and his wrongs for which he has never expressed regret and has never sincerely apologized.

UPDATED: JULY 6, 2007

[June 12, 2008: This is my first post on this subject.  I will be posting more soon. If this shows up in your search, then please by all means leave me a comment.  I will love to hear from "ex-Campus Churchers," who like me, were deceived by Earnest O'Neill and his enablers.  Yes, in due time, I will also be exposing O'Neill's enablers. This pathetic bunch of "believers" have stuck with him in North Carolina and London.  These enablers are equally responsible for the crimes of this man.]

11 Responses to “WHY NOW?-COMMENTS”

  1. Kenneth Dickinson said

    Contact me … above email. O’Neill resides in my neighborhood, Raleigh, NC.

  2. Hi, Kush.
    You say:
    “O’Neill made sure that he has an earning spouse. His wife is dentist. Therefore, if anything were to happen financially she was O’Neill’s financial fall back. Having himself put in financially secure circumstance, O’Neill has always been ready to play with other people’s life.”

    And you say:
    “Campus Church prospered. So did O’Neill. He bought a lovely home in Wyzata, an expansive suburb of Minneapolis and drove a luxury car. What about the rest? They lived in improvised, sub-standard housing and got by with clunkers!”

    It sounds like you may be saying that you would like Mr. O’Neil to divide his wife’s income with you and any member of the church. It sounds like his wife’s income bought a house and a car for him thirty years ago and continues to do the same at this time.

    We long for someone who dies for us, who divides all his income and life for us. Someone who will be healthcare and life itself for us. This would be the ideal shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep.

    Hugs.

  3. Pauline Arnold (Lugg) said

    When I was a part of the London operation, I thought that it had become very insular and inward looking with some members questioning other members spirituality and relationship with God. Support came accross as condemnation not love and ther was no one outside the group to talk to.
    I left as did others.

    Pauline

    • kushykush said

      Pauline, I always admired you for your knowledge and wisdom. Many wish they were as wise as you who discovered the deception of O’Neill and his enablers at just the right time. What is surprising is that his chief enablers in London such as Myron Kliewer, Greg Leitchu and Dan Shafer are still sticking with him. This is in sharp contrast to the former Campus Church “elders” who were with O’Neill in Minneapolis. I do not know of any elder from Minneapolis who is still with O’Neill. While all these enablers who were in London and Taiwan, and Thailand have stuck with him. Don’t you find that strange?

      I fully agree with you that these people are very judgmental. Plus the London group in that big house remind me of the Catholic monks in ancient monasteries!! They are so insular that they have lost all capacity to interact with normal human beings. The same appears to be the case with people in North Carolina. The irony being they advertise themselves as an “international business group” when there is nothing international about them.

  4. Greg Rice said

    You can check things out here….

    http://www.trychurch.com/

  5. L T said

    Hi all,
    I am interested in talking to anyone who can help me and my Siblings with this London Grp. I cannot post the person of topic here though will if you call (“Pauline”).
    We may need help and direction in our attempts to help out loved one. Please send me contact info.

    • kushykush said

      LT, I have sent you an email. I will be happy to do whatever I can to help your siblings if they have been taken in by this group. Please write to me along with details. Thanks!

  6. ThomasPained said

    You have some of your facts wrong. He was pastor of Bethany Presbyterian before founding Campus Church.

    • kushykush said

      Thanks for the correction. The point, however, was to point out that O’Neill worked as a clergy for a Church, the very establishment that he later criticized.

  7. LT said

    I fail to understand how Christian it is to creat a totally dependent human being unable to function on their own. Isn’t this member security (employee security and hence financial security for you and for a select few in the group)? Makes it very hard to leave the group or to be successful after a member does leave. If anyone wants to know what it’s like to be shunned they just have to watch these so called Christians reject, actually turn their backs on, the very member’s they say they have loved and with whom they have lived for years. When mentally ill just kick them out as defective and evil. Is this a caring group or selfish, self centered, egocentric’s? Christ rejects no one who accepts him as their savior….no one has the market on GOD or Christ. NO ONE! A personal relationship with God is just that, personal between the believer and Christ. Christ would never turn his back on anyone who loves him and believes in him as savior and lord.

    Money? That is exactly what this group is about…in the name of the Lord? Right!
    How do you mix finances, wealth, salvation and rightousness. I believe the bible tells us that we cannot earn our way to heaven by good deeds…or otherwise. Surley no matter how hard we work or how successful in business we are we still are not guaranteed a place in heaven. What a trick O’Neil. Yes I refuse to call you pastor! O’Neil you operate on guilt and shame because that is all you have! You have stolen lives and for that you will answer to God. I can wait! Until then I pray our sweet savior leads your follower’s to the truth.

    • kushykush said

      This group has after all taken their clue from “Pastor” O’Neill who has love for NO one, including those inside the group. As I have pointed out here, O’Neill is the same, self-centered, looking-out-for-himself only guy. His practice of making himself the Pope of this group has not changed. He needs these “poor souls” to run his operations.

      The proof lies in the fact that he owns Fish Enterprises. The group is still paid minimally (which in turn reduces their social security payments) and there is no indication that he has a succession plan. As soon as O’Neil goes kaput z, the group will fall apart. Most of these people are now approaching retirement age. O’Neill has not disclosed his finances and we do not know who he going to leave his million dollar plus estate.

      LT you are right. Your observations are on the money. Whatever O’Neill is he is definitely not a “pastor.”

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