The Story of Tom Papania
From Mafia to Ministry or a Mafia Ministry?

Updated at bottom of page!

Prosecuton Testimony Implicating Tom Papania in TWO Counts of Conspiracy to Murder

Tom today tells stories that are flat out lies and distortions of the truth.  He STOLE part of his mob story from the manuscript to the book "House of Cards" by Rocky Scarfone which led to a long court battle between the two men.

Comments Rock made to me over the phone (10/09/02) which were also transcribed to me through e-mail for purposes of accuracy (though I occasionally highlight certain words throughout some of my writings, when I directly quote Rock Scarfone the emphases are his, not mine)...

For the record:

Rock Won (7/24/02) against Tom's last and final motion to dismiss, showing he had a case.  Tom's ANSWER (8/15/02) was nothing at all.  Tom never said he did not do it.

And then a settlement was made and a VOLUNTARY STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL was filed by Rock (like he did with Dobson/Focus & CBN) dismissing the case.

Notice that the Dismissal was by Rock, and that

"this cause of action be treated as if it had
been adjudicated on the MERITS, barring both parties
from raising any issues litigated in this
cause of action in any court of law"...

Well what were the merits?  Rock's suit was approved on merits and Tom's last and final motion to dismiss was DENIED.

But, why did Rock settle the case; He was in the driver's seat?

I spoke with Rock, he said he fought this battle for a few years BEFORE the suit was filed in 1999, that he agreed (with Tom agreeing also) not to discuss the settlement and would not say how much money Tom paid to weasel out, but he did say his health and the time and costs involved were simply overwhelming, and that it was always a TRUTH issue and that it was time for someone else to publish and fight this Christian Battle against what many "so called Great Christians are doing", and how we must let the world know that there is ongoing fraud.

Rock also advised me that he would produce radio shows and further websites to battle this issue of DECEIT head-on.  That he was not giving up on the issue, just that he decided to focus on the whole picture, because, and I quote, "Issues like I have faced for the last 5 years would not be issues if Churches and Christian Men and Woman simply read the BIBLE and the facts and REFUSED to allow any man or woman of any obvious sign, quote or fact of DECEIT to mount the pulpit".

He said that "YOU should simply not buy anything from those whose entire focus is the money".

He also said:

"The past legal issues were truly clouding up the BIG PICTURE ...leading folks to think that all the works I did to up-root fraud, lies, subversion -scientology & godlessness among others -- and dishonesty against the CHURCH at eznewstv.com were some how tied to a Rock Vs The Other Guy Issue, rather than The Other Guy's ISSUES of TRUTH and LIES."

He further said that this "was hurting the Word Of God and Truth"...

and

"It is up to the GRASS ROOTS OF THE CHURCH to READ the stories PUBLISHED ONLINE by folks who care and are taking great risks by PUBLISHING THESE SAID FACTS ABOUT those who seem like prominent men and woman who are supported by WHAT SEEMS LIKE prominent Christian Press and Organizations, but are TRULY after how many MEMBERS and DOLLARS they can raise, while living in GREAT MANSIONS!"

Rock said that he will not discuss the lawsuit, but as far as discussing what he thinks of the facts of GOD'S SAVING GRACE MINISTRIES (Tom's organization), Focus On The Family and CBN among others, well, he plans to develop a talk show and post a News Letter about Fraud In The Church with funds he was recently blessed with...

Details of this court battle:

Rock had to file a lawsuit to get Focus on the Family and CBN to stop their promotion of Tom.  Rock also sought monetary damage in order to pay for his legal fees.  Both organizations (Focus & CBN) eventually settled out of court with him for dollar amounts that remain confidential.  As stated earlier, Tom also settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money.  Tom cannot use his website (www.tompapania.org) to deny the settlement because he would be in violation of the settlement agreement!  Yet even after the settlement Tom continues to lie to churches all because the large ministries refuse to warn the public about him.  By their silence they contribute to the man's fraud and help to aid in his deception of the public.  Focus on the Family was the first major organization responsible for boosting Tom's popularity when the ministry aired his false testimony on their radio broadcast and to this day refuse to acknowledge their responsibility in the matter:

Tom found the report at the above link and sent me a message from which a discussion between the two of us ensued:

Not long after our e-mail conversation my site (christianissues.com) fell prey to a hacking attempt that put it out of commission for part of the Labor Day Weekend (2002).  To ensure that the truth is not concealed (even for a little while) I have created this site as an additional resource in case my other site is ever hit again.