Malachi151
18th January 2004, 07:22 AM
http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/5/2004/01/13/story105.html
A 55-year-old man is suing a local church because it won't give back a $126,000 donation he gave during a deep depression five years ago.
Marcel Mager, of Cloquet, said he made the anonymous donation during a time of emotional distress and thought giving the church money would ease his pain. His wife had left him two weeks prior to the January 1999 donation. It was nearly their entire life savings.
After five months of antidepressants and counseling, Mager said he asked for the money back. But leaders at the Cloquet Gospel Tabernacle church said no. They had already used the money for new family ministry space.
Mager told the head pastor, the Rev. Richard Doebler, he was not of sound mind when he made the donation.
A 55-year-old man is suing a local church because it won't give back a $126,000 donation he gave during a deep depression five years ago.
Marcel Mager, of Cloquet, said he made the anonymous donation during a time of emotional distress and thought giving the church money would ease his pain. His wife had left him two weeks prior to the January 1999 donation. It was nearly their entire life savings.
After five months of antidepressants and counseling, Mager said he asked for the money back. But leaders at the Cloquet Gospel Tabernacle church said no. They had already used the money for new family ministry space.
Mager told the head pastor, the Rev. Richard Doebler, he was not of sound mind when he made the donation.