WAY PRESIDENT RESIGNS

L. Craig Martindale has resigned as president of The Way International according to WayDale, a web site that looks “into the behind the scenes activities of The Way International and its Board of Trustees.” The Internet document said, “News announced in a meeting of the elite Way Corps on 04/25/00 is that Craig Martindale, president of TWI has resigned from the board of trustees.”

The article further revealed that “vice president Rosalie Rivenbark will become TWI’s new president. John Reynolds will continue as secretary treasurer and Harve Platig will take on the vice president position.”

Martindale was installed as the second president of the controversial sect in 1982, three years before the death of its founder and first president, Victor Paul Wierwille. Under Martindale’s tenure, ex-members and critics contended that he led the group into becoming an even more authoritarian and spiritually abusive sect than his predecessor.

The WayDale material also said “It is believed that Martindale will continue to live in his exclusive log cabin at TWI HQ and continue to have all the resources (office facilities, servants, finances, etc.) of TWI available to him.”

—MKG

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