P.O. [edited]

November 19, 1997

Mr.Herb Fisher (Herb is a personal and close associate and friend of Dr. James Dobson-717-399-0200)
President
Fisher Management Company

Dear Herb,

Pursuant to our conversation I am sending you information that I know first hand and information gathered regarding Tom Papania. I know you are aware of my motivation but since this is in writing I want to express it again. My concern is two fold, one for the reputation of Mr. James Dobson and the integrity of his radio program and for Tom Papania as an individual who needs to be confronted and corrected in love.

As I shared with you Herb on the phone, I was sent a tape of Tom Papania and immediately knew something was wrong. having met him about ten years ago in Atlanta.

Ted Baehr (who has been a guest on James Dobson's broadcast is a friend of mine) invited me to be a guest on his radio program and to speak at the church he attended in Atlanta. After speaking at the church, I was asked by someone in the congregation if I would go to their home to meet with a man in the church that had similar background as I had. The person who I met that night was Tom Papania, Tom told me about his background that night, which was nothing like that which I heard on the tape of his testimony.

I was asked by an International Prison Fellowship of which I am a member, if I would contact Tom Papania and ask him about some of the things that he said on the tape which didn't make sense. With that, I called Tom and re-introduced myself and he remembered our meeting. He was upset when I started to ask him questions then calmed down when I told him it was not personal but that I was asked to call him. He then told me if I wanted to check out his story I should call Ted Baehr, because he told me that Ted knew of his background from when Ted worked as a lawyer in New York. Ted had moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles since I had seen him last, I contacted Ted and explained the situation to which Ted Baehr said he knew nothing of Tom Papania from New York At this point I knew he had lied about a few things but still had no proof.

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I was later contacted by a Mr. Mark Abraham in Louisiana, who was part of a committee that was planning on having Tom speak at a meeting in Louisiana [National Day Of Prayer], Mark said he had heard some things about Tom Papania and had made some calls to people who are involved in prison ministry and was given my phone number. Mark and I talked and he said he would pursue his inquires about Tom Papania.

Mark later got back with me and said that there was an F.B.I. chock done on Tom Papania and that it came back with a different story then what he told on the James Dobson broadcast. Mark told me that Tom Papania never did time for what he said. Mark then went on to tell me that they
contacted Tom and gently confronted Tom with the situation and Mark told me that Tom blew up and started cursing, at which point, the meeting in Louisiana was canceled.

I have talked with Mark and he is willing for anyone to contact him, his Phone number is [edited] or at work [edited] his address is [edited].

While all this was going on, a friend of mine contacted me about an author that writes books on the Mafia as well as a journalist in New York who both sent E mail responses of which I have enclosed.

Herb, I hope this information will he helpful in the right hands to do what would please the Lord Jesus and turn around the what the devil meant for evil for a greater good. If anyone needs to know any further information, feel free to give my address as listed and phone number: [edited].

Because Of Jesus
Frank Catania
Executive Director Brothers Keepers Ministries

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and this:

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July 25, 2001

thanks for your request for information regarding Mr. Tom Papania. You may be aware that in December, 1996, we aired Mr. Papania's very gripping personal story on our daily broadcast. However, in subsequent years, we have become increasingly concerned about reports from within the church as well as the secular media, which cast doubt regarding many of the statements made by Mr. Papania in the context of his Christian Testimony. Therefore, we are no longer recommendingor referring our constituents to his ministry for speaking engagements.

thanks, again, for your call. We hope this statement will prove helpful.

Dawn Fordham
Correspondence Assistant to Dr. Dobson

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and this:

Original Message-----
From: Birdie Laframboise rlaframboise@bgea.org>
To: johan@jvz.co.za johan@jvz.co.za>
Date: 05 November 1999 22:54
Subject: Tom Papania - Information

Mr. Van Zyl, thanks for your inquiry about Tom Papania. There is a possibility that Mr. Papania might have participated within a Billy Graham Evangelistic Association crusade setting, such as pre-crusade activities, but we don't spot a record of such. I would, however, clearly say that we have "not been promoting" Mr. Papania or his ministries.

We appreciate your concern and having taken a moment to share it.

Cordially,

Stan Jackson

Director of Administration

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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Forwarded message:
From: iercaoMIeNnd.Stanford.EDU (Jerry Capeci
Sander: jercai)(&eIand,Stanford.EDU
To: [edit]
Date 97-04-30 04:57:25 EDT

Dear nick - I have received many e mails about this Papania guy. and as you suspect, I think he's a fraud. I have told this to everyone who has written me and asked me about him that I think he;s a fraud. can you provide me some specifics about him, such as, where to send the money 'to buy whatever he's selling. if there are any brochures or ads you have, maybe you can mail me copies at the news and I promise to look into this guy and expose him for what he Is.

ciao,

Jerry Capeci
Now York Dally News
450 West 33d Street
New York, NY 10001