Termites in the Church

There is no hurt like church hurt. In "Termites In The Church," Dale Jay Sanders tells the story of his father, the Rev. Leroy Sanders, Sr., who experienced the carnal instruments of Church Folks' warfare firsthand. After being falsely accused of stealing from the church he'd pastored for more than forty years, illegally arrested by the St. John The Baptist Parish Sheriff's Department, and dragged through a two-year court battle, at age seventy-eight, Rev. Sanders, Sr., emerged as a living example of how to bounce back after a setback. As a twenty-six-year veteran of pastoring, Dale Sanders insisted on standing by his father's side every step of the way: the arrest, the court dates, the Sunday morning worship services, the defaming letters, and libelous talk. In the end, none of it stood up to scrutiny. When all was said and done, what these Church Folks really wanted was control of what this old preacher had amassed, and a District Judge saw that they would get it, lock, stock, and barrel! Termites in the Church has all the making of a juicy fiction drama, complete with lies, theft, lawyer tricks, and courtroom melee. The only difference is, it's all true.