Creditors and Feds Object to Crystal Cathedral Salaries
The U.S. Trustee Program and creditors are objecting to salaries given out by the Crystal Cathedral to several of its employees as the Garden Grove, Calif., megachurch undergoes bankruptcy proceedings.
The latest filing by creditors on Thursday questioned the church's request to continue employing William Gaultiere, part-time pastor of Spiritual Formation Ministries and son-in-law of Chief Financial Officer Fred Southard, as the bankruptcy case is under review. Gaultiere receives a salary of $61,955 plus benefits, with over 95 percent of the total amount coming in the form of a housing allowance, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Earlier this week, a federal authority overseeing Crystal Cathedral's bankruptcy case and creditors filed objections to the salaries of three of the church's employees for what appeared to be redundant duties. Two of the names listed are related to the church's founding...
