Yours Sincerely ( Y S ) observes that the best place for Confidence Trickers and, con men and women to operate is in the church and, of course, among the circles of "well meaning, church-going people." The place where you regard as your sanctuary can sometimes be your "battle field" full of bobby traps and mines. It is a place where you have to be drowned in your own suffering and miseries because no "well meaning church- going people" are going to side with you in any issue that call for taking side. At the most, you will be advised , " Oh, don't hate the sinner but the sin."
There is this Catholic con man, now in his forties, who operates in Y S' church for many years. He takes a prey on and off and then disappears for some time, feeds on his ill gotten gains, and resurfaces for another unsuspecting " well meaning and church going" victim. Well, memories are short, especially for " well meaning church- going people." This Catholic con man has quiet eyes and a boyish face that keeps on pleading innocence that even Hitler would have spared him in the Holocaust.
His modus operandi is to tell tear jerking sob stories of his chronic diabetic, kidney, liver, stomach, heart, intestines and what other organs have you complications that call for emergency treatment or operation. Then he pleads with his quiet eyes for a loan from you while invoking heaven and earth with promises of repayment. Of course, you kiss the loan good- bye.
Many " well meaning church going people" in Y S church have fallen for his ploys all these years BUT NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING TO PROTECT OTHER " well meaning church -going people" from been cheated. Many were cheated and kept quiet about it, perhaps they felt ashamed for doing "blind charity." Others would tell you about being cheated but made you promise not to tell out !!! A few more are so good hearted that they blessed him " for he knew not what he was doing" Grrrrrrrr !!!! All because "well meaning church going people" are not supposed to talk bad of others. "Oh, hate the sin, not the sinner."
This Catholic Con man targets members of the Parish Council, "well meaning church- going people" with ministry and new "well meaning church- going people." He is still on the prowl. The latest victim was Y S' friends. A "well meaning church- going" lady who draws a small salary but has a big heart. She wanted to help, not knowing that she was taken for a ride. RM6,500, a few months of her salary, vanished.
Sometimes Christians are so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly value. Too many evil things are happening because good men are just looking on.
7 comments:
Hello Thomas,
Very interesting write up on the con man. Church is the place where people can be easily moved by tear jerking stories because it is the place where people come to God and ask for forgiveness of sins. In the process they don't mind parting with some money given in compassion for another human being.
Well con artists, I would call them lazy people, also have to survive and what better place than the Church.
I was told that a big gang is operating in many parts of India who kidnap children,maim them and make them beg on the road,church,temples and mosques. These children are compelled to earn a certain amount of money otherwise they will not be given food and perhaps given a good beating.
This is a very cruel world with many cruel, heartless people without any conscience. We have to take care of our children.
Best wishes,
Joseph
Joseph, tks for visiting. How true! Our conscience is most fragile in church.
A big heart without a big brain makes one susceptible to such man.
footiam, the brain should make it a point to follow the heart.
Well, we have created an uproar in the church with the little article. People are more well informed about this conster... Be assured that things will not be the same after this... At least I got increased members in my facebook group the last two weeeks !
elorajah, one or two or some have to sacrificial lambs. I don't mind being one ! The cocooned Rev thinks he knows everything. Little does he know that he has been preaching to the converted all his life !
A brain could be wrong. In this world, there is such thing as illusion or mirage. As long as we are happy with the illusion or mirage, we think that we are having the real thing.
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