Denominational Un-Fundamentalist Activities Committee
Denominational Un-Fundamentalist Activities
Committee
August
18,
Pete
Seeker, Defendant
A Subcommittee of the Committee on Un-Fundamentalist
Activities met at 10 a.m., in room 1703 of the Joseph
McCarthy Denominational Building, Pre-Tribulation
Square, Atlanta Georgia, the Honorable O’Chuck
O’Sullivan (Chairman) presiding.
Committee members present: Representatives
O’Sullivan, Marrick Deadletter, and Michael
Coopenjoke .
Staff members present: W. Wellcris, Jr., Counsel;
Gerald Wellfall and Darby Scholfield, Investigators;
and James King, Sr., Chief Clerk.
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MR.
WELCRIS: When and where were you born, Mr. Seeker?
MR. SEEKER: I was born in New York in 1954.
MR.WELLCRIS: What is your profession or occupation?
MR. SEEKER: Well, I have worked at many things, and
my main profession is a pastor of a small Baptist
church in the heartland. It’s the First Baptist
Church of Walden Pond
MR. WELLCRIS: Has Walden Pond been your headquarters
for a considerable period of time?
MR. SEEGER: Well, I live there.
MR. WELLCRIS: The Committee has information obtained
in part from the Baptist Free Thought Journal (BFTJ)
indicating that, over a period of time, especially
since December, you took part in a number of their
anti-fundamentalist meetings. I have before me a copy
of the June 20, issue of the BFTJ. In a column
entitled "What's Happening," there appears this
advertisement: "Tonight, hear Peter Seeker, at the
Golden Harp Baptist Church housewarming." May I ask
you whether or not the Golden Harp Baptist Church was
a member of the Anti-Fundamentalist Party?
MR. SEEKER: Sir, I refuse to answer that question
whether it was a quote from the Picayune Times or the
Ladies Home Journal.
MR. WELLCRIS: I don't believe there is any more
authoritative document in regard to the
Anti-Fundamentalist Party than its official organ,
the BFTJ.
MR. DEADLETTER: He hasn't answered the question, and
he merely said he wouldn't answer whether the article
appeared in the Picayune Times or some other
magazine. I ask you to direct the witness to answer
the question.
CHAIRMAN O’SULLIVAN: I direct you to answer the
question.
MR. SEEKER: Sir, the whole line of questioning…
CHAIRMAN O’SULLIVAN: You have only been asked one
question, so far.
MR. SEEKER: I will agree to answer questions about
myself, but not about anyone else or any
organizations. I think questions such as these are
very improper questions for any Baptist to be asked,
especially under such compulsion as this
denominational tribunal. I would be very glad to tell
you about my life if you want to hear of it.
MR. WELLCRIS: Has the witness declined to answer this
specific question?
CHAIRMAN O’SULLIVAN: He said that he is not going to
answer any questions about any names or things.
MR. DEADLETTER: He was directed to answer the
question.
MR. WELLCRIS: OK. I’ll move on. Mr. Seeker, are you
now, or have you ever been a member of the
Anti-fundamentalist Party?
MR. SEEKER: Yes.
MR. WELLCRIS: Yes, what, sir?
MR. SEEKER: Yes, I am and have been.
MR. WELLCRIS: And you believe this to be an
acceptable thought form and lifestyle for a
Christian?
MR. SEEKER: What do mean acceptable?
MR. WELLCRIS: It is perfectly evident what I mean. Do
you think, do you believe that Jesus would want you
to live and anti-fundamentalist lifestyle. A liberal
life. A life that condones free-thought, communists
and homosexuals and pedophiles. That’s what I mean.
MR. SEEKER: Because I am an anti-fundamentalist
doesn’t mean any of those things, and I seriously
resent your innuendo…
MR. WELLCRIS: Would you please answer the question?
MR. SEEKER: What is the question?
MR. WELLCRIS: Is this an acceptable lifestyle for a
Christian?
MR. SEEKER: I refuse to answer this kind of question.
MR. O’SULLIVAN: What did the witness say?
MR. WELLCRIS: He refuses to answer…
MR. SEEKER: I said I refuse to be slandered.
MR. O’SULLIVAN: The witness will answer.
MR. SEEKER: No sir, I will not.
MR. COOPENJOKE: Let the record show the witness is
uncooperative.
MR. O’SULLIVAN: Mr. Seeker, is it your intention to
cooperate with this committee or not?
MR. SEEKER: When I can, of course, but I will not put
my name to the committees’ characterization of
anti-fundamentalism. I am not a pedophile. I do not
believe that pedophilia is an acceptable lifestyle.
Neither do I…
MR. O’SULLIVAN: Move on Mr. Wellcris. Let the record
show that the witness is being unresponsive.
MR. WELLCRIS: Alright, Mr Chairman. Mr. Seeker, On
August 15, did you attend a secret meeting of the
anti-fundamentalist party in the home of the editor
of the BFTJ?
MR. SEEKER: It was not a clandestine meeting. It was
merely a dinner party.
MR. WELLCRIS: And who else attended at this secret
meeting?
MR. SEEKER: I was at a dinner party on August 15,
yes, but who else was there is irrelevant. As I
answered earlier, I will respond for my own actions,
and my actions only. But I will not talk about other
people.
MR. WELLCRIS: You say it wasn’t a secret meeting, but
isn’t it a fact that you discussed in a secret way
how you might overthrow the current leadership of the
denomination? Wasn’t that the topic of discussion,
sir? And wasn’t that when you boldly and seditiously
explained how, to quote you, “how to stick it to the
fundamentalists?”
MR. SEEKER: Mr Wellcris, it is not exactly a secret
my feelings about the current denominational
leadership.
MR. WELLCRIS: Then you admit your desire to overthrow
the current leadership, and to secretly meeting with
a group of conspirators to do so?
MR. SEEKER: As I said, my views concerning the
current leadership are a matter of public record.
MR. WELLCRIS: Then I ask you again, who else took
part in this assembly of rebellion?
MR. SEEKER: What rebellion?
MR. WELLCRIS: The rebellion of you who would trash
our way of life. You who would toss out the inerrant
Bible, and the women who would graciously submit to
us, and the interpretation of the holy, King James
Bible by trained, and elite and godly seminarians,
and the lifestyle of abstinence. That rebellion, Mr.
Seeker!
MR. SEEKER: I’ve answered that question already.
MR. WELLCRIS: Mr. Chairman, will you direct the
witness to answer the question?
MR. O’SULLIVAN: Mr. Seeker, you will answer the
question.
MR. COOPENLIAR: Move on Mr. Wellcris to the other
material.
MR. WELLCRIS: Is it true that your daughter, while in
college, one time attended a Unitarian church?
MR. SEEKER: Enough! How dare you bring my daughter
into the charade…
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