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The Quarterly
JOURNAL
Personal Freedom Outreach
VOL. 9, NO 4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1989 EDITOR: KEITH A. MORSE
PFO - Kentucky
P.O. Box 607
Fairdale, KY 40118
(502) 367-8265
DRUGS, DEMONS & DELUSIONS
The "Amazing" Saga of Rebecca and Elaine
by G. Richard Fisher, Paul R. Blizard and M. Kurt Goedelman
Stories about a marriage to the devil, hospital and city governments run by
Satan worshipers, and a camp in the woods for witches, anointing pets with oil
and a one-woman war against the forces of darkness are just a few of those
told by a self-proclaimed former witch and a physician who claims to have
helped deliver her from demonic bondage.
Rebecca Brown and Elaine (no last name is ever given) have told their story to
Jack Chick, whose Chick Publications company has published it in two cassette
tapes, CLOSET WITCHES 1 and CLOSET WITCHES 2, and two books, HE CAME TO SET
THE CAPTIVES FREE and PREPARE FOR WAR. Rebecca and Elaine have also had
opportunity to briefly promote their message on the syndicated talk show
GERALDO in 1987. [1]
Chick Publications, once know primarily as a publisher of Gospel tracts, has
gained notoriety as a publisher of sensational stories. Most notably are
those of John Todd, who claims to possess knowledge of an occult,
conspiratorial society called The Illuminati, and Alberto Rivera, who claimed
to once have been a Jesuit priest who witnesses all kinds of ungodly
activities and plots by the Roman Catholic Church. [2]
Chick is no stranger to controversy and considers anyone who disputes his
publications' claims, a spiritual enemy. On the tape, CLOSET WITCHES 2, he
says, "I think the listeners should watch carefully who in the Christian
circles will attack Rebecca and Elaine to destroy their credibility and the
message on this tape. More than likely the attackers just might turn out to
be satanists or witches pretending to be believers in Christ and it is going
to be very, very interesting to watch."
The story readers and listeners are expected to believe centers on two women,
Rebecca Brown and Elaine. We realize the information contained here is
sensitive and will be opening a wound that will again hurt family members
close to the situation. This is not an attempt to dredge up the past, but to
expose the truth about these alarmist teachers.
ELAINE'S STORY
Elaine says she was born with a cleft palate that required surgical repair.
Her family could not afford the cost of surgery. Then, Elaine says, a nurse
told her mother the work could be done in exchange for nothing more than a
thimbleful of Elaine's blood. The blood would be for experimental use, Elaine
says her mother was told. However, Elaine says, the blood was used in a
ceremony in which she was sold to Satan.
Elaine goes on to tell of events that led her to further involvement in
witchcraft and satanism. She describes her rise to power into satanism after
being inducted into Satan's service at a witch camp. There she signed her
name in blood and set out to climb the ladder of power in witchcraft. She
tells of growing more powerful until, at a national competition of witches,
she surpassed all her colleagues and was named top witch:
"A crown of gold was placed upon my head and my fellow cult members bowed down
and gave homage to me... I was treated like a queen... I was given all the
beautiful clothes to wear that I could possibly want. I was bathed, my hair
fixed and I was waited on hand and foot by servants. There were parties and I
always had a handsome escort who was also my bodyguard... My escort always
tasted all of my food before I ate to make sure that it wasn't poisoned." [3]
That wasn't all, Elaine says. She married Satan himself, who donned a white
tuxedo and rented a Presbyterian church for the ceremony. After saying their
vows, the newlyweds were whisked off by limousine to the airport and Satan's
luxurious private jet, Elaine says. On their way to their "haunted honeymoon"
at a mansion in California, Satan sipped "very expensive wines and
champagnes." [4]
Elaine says she became "Satan's representative on an international level"
going around the world to meet with heads of state and foreign dignitaries to
negotiate the sale of arms. She was possessed by a demon named "Mann-Chan"
and spoke foreign languages fluently, she says. [5]
Elaine links the Roman Catholic Pope into the worldwide occult network she
says she headed. "The Pope knew very well who I was. We worked closely both
with the Catholics - especially the Jesuits - and the high-ranking Masons."
[6]
"THE DOCTOR MUST BE KILLED"
Then came an assignment that would change her life, Elaine tells Chick. Satan
told here there was a "'young smart-alec doctor' at his 'special' hospital in
a nearby city. This doctor was not only greatly interfering by 'preaching and
praying everywhere,' but had also actually dared to interfere with a number of
his top witches and their work at that institution." Elaine says, "Satan
ordered me to organize a nationwide effort among all the top witches for that
doctor's destruction. He didn't care how we did it, but that doctor must be
killed, and quickly." [7]
The young doctor was Rebecca Brown, an intern. Elaine had her assignment and
she went to work. However, Elaine says, "every time I did an incantation in
the direction of that doctor, the demons came back unable to get through." [8]
Elaine says her difficulty in wrecking Rebecca spiritually turned into a
defeat for Satan. Through this purported incident and other events, Elaine
became a Christian.
Satan was angry, Elaine says. "The first thing that they [Mann-Chan, and
fellow demons] did was fly right off and tell Satan what I had done," Elaine
tells Chick. "Then the fur started to fly. That night after I had returned
home Satan came to talk to me, but things were strangely different. Usually
Satan would come up to me and put his hands on my shoulders or hold me in his
arms. This time he stood back away from me and shouted, 'What the Hell do you
think you are doing?' 'I'm leaving you,' I replied." [9]
A heated discussion ensued and Elaine ordered him to leave. Elaine says,
"Satan came to me nearly twenty times over the next two weeks. Sometimes in a
very charming mood, attempting to be a lover, but usually in a rage. He tried
to persuade me to change my mind." [10]
REBECCA AND ELAINE MEET
Satan's next move was to make Elaine ill and put her in "that particular
hospital," where she was placed under the care of Rebecca, Elaine says, and
the story's narration is pickup by Rebecca.
Rebecca says God told her Elaine still had hundreds of demons and needed
deliverance. Rebecca says, "[God] told me that He wanted me to have Elaine
move in with me immediately as she did not yet have faith enough to stand on
her own. Her [earthly] husband had left her and remained with the satanists."
[11] Since the hospital was under the control of satanists, Rebecca says she
and Elaine were targets of "the Brotherhood" (i.e., a group of people who are
directly controlled by, and worship, Satan).
Rebecca goes on to tell of God making many covenants with and audible
revelations to her. The descriptions are vivid and graphic.
In one description, an angel was sent by God to kill Elaine after she had
become a Christian. Rebecca relates her encounter with "a shining white-robed
figure... with a drawn sword in his hand. He was tall, very tall. His head
nearly touched the ceiling of the room. He radiated power and his countenance
was fierce. His skin was bronzed and the sword in his hand shown with a pure
white light." [12]
What was his message? Rebecca quotes him: "I am sent by God the Father to
kill this one who is so rebellious and disobedient. She has angered God."
[13] Why had God sent an angel to kill Elaine? Rebecca explains: "He [God]
had commanded Elaine to make a covenant with Him to protect them from an
upcoming attack by the local Satanists. Elaine had refused to do so,
stubbornly insisting that she would fight and protect them." [14]
Rebecca says, in effect, that God had sent an angel to kill someone who would
not make a covenant with Him to protect her from being killed.
Rebecca says she "threw herself prone on her face on the floor... [15] and
pleaded with "Father" to spare Elaine's life. "...let your anger fall on me
instead of Elaine," she sobs. Angry "Father" grants her petition: "The angel
placed his sword into its sheath. 'Arise, woman,' he said. 'Your petition
has been heard and granted.' Then he vanished." [16]
STRANGE THEOLOGY
In CLOSET WITNESS 2 Rebecca describes something called "counter petitioning
God" in which she pleads with God not to let Satan do things to other
Christians. She apparently gets flashes of insight into Satan's plans and
then asks God not to let them be carried out.
Rebecca also details some unorthodox views of the character of God the Father
and Jesus Christ the Son. In PREPARE FOR WAR, Rebecca describes a
conversation she had with Jesus:
"Suddenly, that gentle voice of the Lord spoke to me again saying, 'Talk to
me, child.'
'I can't talk to you, Lord, I don't feel any different than before, and all
you do is get mad!'
'But I am not mad at you, I never have been. You see, I, Jesus, know how you
feel because I have experienced weakness. Father has never experienced
weakness, so He usually gets angry when His people are weak." [17]
While the purpose of this article is not an attempt to refute all of the
faulty extra-biblical notions of Brown's theology, these are two glaring
examples of what is being promulgated.
"COVENANTS" and "COMBAT"
Rebecca goes on to say God wanted to make another covenant with her to enter
into the "deliverance" ministry. Rebecca says she was told by God that this
covenant was her call to "directly combat Satan and his demons" which would
result in "losing [sic] my career, my family, all my friends and nearly
everything I held dear." [18] She felt that if she did not enter into this
covenant with God that she would lose her relationship with the Lord. [19]
Rebecca says she accepted the commission. Joining her was Elaine, fresh from
an eight-week exorcism of Mann-Chan and several hundred other demons.
Together they joined God to fight Satan.
Their first challenge was the satanists at the "nearby hospital." Demons and
witches - the witches were doctors and nurses on the hospital staff - were
making patients sick. Their ministry, Rebecca says, blocked much of the
witchcraft that was going on there. This defeat of Satan, coupled with the
loss of his bride - Elaine - "caused Satan to lose face in his kingdom,"
Rebecca says. [20]
Rebecca says Satan launched a counter-attack, threatening to make Rebecca and
Elaine human sacrifices. However, the Lord's protection prevailed and Rebecca
fulfilled His desire to "open a private solo practice so that I would have a
broader range of patients. This was necessary so that He could bring to me
the people I was to minister to, especially cult members." [21]
Rebecca says that at her new, small-town location, she "was privileged to
bring close to a thousand people out of hard-core Satanism... Every penny I
made went to help these people with food, clothing, transportation out of the
state, medical care and so on." [22]
Rebecca and Elaine go on to tell of encounters with Satan, his demons,
satanists and witches, curses and counter-curses, being shot at and having
their house bombed. Another blow, Rebecca says, was that satanists were "the
instruments of my mother's death." [23]
One final blow sent them running for their lives, Rebecca says:
"Satan struck one of his final blows to our ministry in that area. The
satanists swept in, and in one night, while Elaine and I were out of the house
for a couple of hours, destroyed everything we had. They axed everything in
my home, even killing our precious pets. they also destroyed my office and
everything we had. Elaine and I escaped with our lives and the clothes on our
backs, that is all. Satan's attack was so well planned that at the same time
everyone turned against us... We had no choice but to flee the state." [24]
WHO ARE THESE WOMEN?
Answering that question is at the heart of any investigation of their claims
and Chick's publications about them. Finding the answers was not easy. For
those who have tried to interview them they are elusive. For example, author
Jerry Johnston, in his book, THE EDGE OF EVIL, states that Rebecca would not
permit Elaine to be interviewed on the subject of a black mass claiming it is
too hard on her, taking weeks to recover. [25]
A look into Rebecca's background also is difficult. For starters, one must
know that she has not always been Rebecca Brown, M.D. She changed her name
from Ruth Irene Bailey, M.D. In a petition to the Superior Court of
California, County of San Bernardino, dated Feb. 11, 1986, Ruth Irene Bailey,
of Apple Valley, Calif., along with her attorney, Robert Salisbury, of
Anaheim, requested a name change to Rebecca Brown. The reason given was:
"petitioner has become know more by the proposed name through use as a pen
name and use of the name in ministry than by her present name." [26]
Since Rebecca's two books were published in 1986 and 1987, it seems unlikely
that she had become very widely known by her pen name in just the second month
of 1986. Doing it to hide from "the Brotherhood," would be futile since one
assumes those people could divine that information supernaturally even if they
didn't see it in the San Bernardino Daily Press, a general-circulation
newspaper where it was published once a week for four weeks prior to the date
set for hearing on the petition. The name change then was officially
registered April 25, 1986.
Rebecca had reason to change her name. However, it was not because of the
notoriety she had gained under the new name, but the notoriety she had
achieved under her old one.
PHYSICIAN TO FANATIC
Ruth Irene Bailey was born in Shelbyville, Ind., to Ebner and Lois Bailey on
May 21, 1948. She was raised in Indianapolis. She completed high school,
then earned an A.A. degree in nursing at IUPUI (Indiana University - Purdue
University at Indianapolis) in May 1968. [27] She then worked as a nurse for
seven years, [28] (on the tape, CLOSET WITCHES 1, she says she was a nurse
for 10 years). She entered Indiana University at Purdue in September 1976.
[29] She then transferred to Indiana University at Indianapolis, School of
Medicine. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree on April 30, 1979. [30]
She then moved to Muncie, Ind., to begin her internship and residency at Ball
Memorial Hospital. This is the "nearby hospital" she refers to repeatedly in
her books and tapes as "one of Satan's special hospitals." [31] Ruth began
her internship at Ball Memorial with good recommendations from her school and
two reputable physicians, Drs. Cavins and Steel of Indianapolis. However, it
appears that early in her internship, she developed an obsession with demons
and deliverance.
A spokesman from Ball Memorial, Dr. John Cullison, director of medical
education, told the Indianapolis News that "Dr. Bailey provided 'very good
care for a couple of years' after joining the hospital's residency staff in
1979. 'But then I began getting reports she was exorcising demons in the
intensive care unit,' he said. 'I asked her to leave.'" [32]
During her internship an residency at Ball Memorial, her behavior became
more bizarre. She began using candles in the rooms during her exorcisms. [33]
Many times she told her patients "she was 'chosen' by God as the only
physician able to diagnose certain ailments and conditions which other
physicians could not. She believed that other physicians, including
physicians from Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Ind., and St. John's Medical
Center in Anderson, Ind., were, in fact demons, devils and other evil spirits
themselves." [34] No one at Ball Memorial would comment on these reports,
citing confidentiality of records, but hospital representatives did help
refute many of her charges.
For example, on CLOSET WITCHES 1 she says: "I always had the chapel to myself
because no one ever used it." A visit to Ball Memorial's chapel indicated it
was well used and that Bibles were available.
She says that "within six months of the start of her training at that
hospital, the hospital administration had all the Gideon Bibles removed from
the patient rooms. [35] A hospital representative denied this claim and
Gideon Bibles can be seen in lobbies and waiting areas of the hospital.
She also says: "Any minister that was coming to the hospital to visit patients
was not permitted to visit with anyone except their own private parishioners,
and, if the nurses found them evangelizing other patients they were to have
them escorted from the hospital by security and asked not to return again. A
chaplaincy service was not permitted, which was also unusual. Indeed, it
seemed as if an effort was being made to wipe away any mention of Christianity
with the walls of the hospital." [36]
Many large hospitals have policies to protect patients from ministers or
exorcist/healers who try to go from room to room and cast out demons or apply
healing techniques. As to a chaplaincy service not being permitted, Ball
Memorial does not have a resident chaplain, but does have facilities for
pastoral counseling and care.
Her behavior became more bizarre as her obsession with demons worsened her
mental state. At a later date, a Medical Licensing Board would hear that she
had "stated on numerous occasions that she possessed the capability of
'sharing' her patients' illnesses in fighting the demons, devils and other
evil spirits that were allegedly causing the various ailments and conditions."
[37]
Ruth and Elaine did meet at Ball Memorial and eventually began living
together. However, the real story of their meeting and relationship bears
little resemblance to the story told to and promoted by Jack Chick.
THE "HIGH PRIESTESS" ELAINE
Edna Elaine Moses was born Edna Elaine Knost in sleepy New Castle, Ind. IN
1986, she legally returned to her maiden name. [38] Elaine was born with a
cleft palate which left her face somewhat disfigured. She tells Chick in
CLOSET WITCHES 1: "I hated people, I had been so badly mistreated at home, I
had been badly mistreated at home, I had been badly mistreated in school.
Nothing like peers to hurt you the worst, kids your own age can just make your
life miserable and it did mine because of my deformities." [39] It appears
that Elaine carries some psychological scares from the disfigurement and the
teasing she endured because of it.
Interviews with family members of Elaine disclosed her as living a life
permeated with lies and fabrications. They expressed little surprise to her
wild tales promulgated in Rebecca's books. Elaine's exaggerations proved, at
times, an embarrassment for these family members, noting she would do almost
anything to receive attention. For instance, one method repeatedly utilized
by Elaine was her pretending to have seizures at public functions.
One medical record says Elaine has a "mixed personality disorder," and "is of
questionable reliability." [40] This is evident when the cassette tape
version of her testimony is compared with the book version and when one looks
carefully at the story she and Rebecca have told.
For example, Elaine tells Chick she had a "fast-growing ability to influence
others, to make them do as I wanted. I had unusual physical strength as
well." [41] On the tape CLOSET WITCHES 1, Elaine says she used that strength
in high school when she attacked a football player who called her a name in
the school hallway: "...there was a football player, he weighted about 265...
I ran at him, knocked him down and began hitting him and I beat his face so
badly that he had to have repair work done. I broke his nose and his jaws and
knocked out his teeth, and it took eight teachers to get me off this boy. I
would have killed him." Chick then asks, "Elaine, how big were you then?"
Elaine responds, "Oh, I only weighed about 95, something like that. I stood
about 5-foot-4."
In HE CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE, she tells the story again, changing the
number of teachers to five, the boy's weight to around 200 pounds, her own
weight at 98 and the injuries to a broken nose, jay and facial bones. [42]
The discrepancies between those two versions of the story are understandable.
Anyone speaking off the cuff about an event that happened years ago could
change such details slightly with each retelling. What is significant about
the story is that interviews with several of Elaine's high school classmates,
including members of the football team, denied the incident, as described by
Elaine, ever occured - no matter which version one cares to believe.
EXPERTS?
Jack Chick, in CLOSET WITCHES 1 says, "These two ladies are experts in the
world of the occult." Elaine says she was a trained witch who was married to
Satan. In telling their stories to Chick, Elaine and Rebecca refer to
satanists as witches and vice versa. Yet, anyone with even a little knowledge
about the occult knows that witchcraft and satanism are not the same, nor are
they compatible.
Former witch Tom Sanguinet stated in the October-December 1983 Personal
Freedom Outreach newsletter that, "There's not a connection really between
witchcraft and Satanism. It's only been in the neo-system of the occult that
witchcraft and Satanism have taken this melding. Satanists have always
worshipped the negative entities or deities - the temple of Seth in ancient
Egypt, for example. Witches don't fear God and they don't believe in Satan."
Ex-occultist Johanna Michaelsen concurs with this distinction. On page 316 of
her book, LIKE LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER, she states: "There is probably no
faster or more efficient way to enrage your average witch than to accuse him
or her of devil worship. Their literature and lectures are filled with pleas
and/or demands that people stop confusing them with Satan worshippers."
Elaine describes a certain "camp" where she was inducted into witchcraft and
satanism. She describes this "camp" in great detail:
"I stepped directly into this cult when I went to that summer camp with Sandy.
I was very excited by the time we arrived. With excitement you lose a lot of
what you see and hear. We were taken first to the dorms where we were to stay
and made to feel very welcome. the camp had many facilities museums,
libraries, different houses where you could go to clairvoyants, hypnotists,
palm readers, tarot card readers, voodoo experts, etc. Some of these people
lived there year 'round, some didn't. This was the place were the cult
officially meets with the unknowing public." [43]
Based upon Elaine's description of the camp and its location, she is probably
referring to a spiritualist camp known as Camp Chesterfield (Indiana Society
of Spiritualists) in the town of Chesterfield, Ind. The camp was established
in 1886 by Dr. J.W. Westerfield. {44]
As with witchcraft and satanism, spiritualism is a distinct practice not to be
confused with the others. Chick calls Elaine and Rebecca "experts" on the
occult, but an expert would not confuse these three religions. Spiritualists
are not witches. Spiritualism mixes Christianity, Spiritism, and lately has
taken on "New Age" terminology. It is by no means Christianity but neither is
it witchcraft but neither is it witchcraft or satanism.
A trip to Camp Chesterfield revealed it to be as Elaine describes. However,
there are no dormitories, as Elaine recalled but there are two motels that
look like dormitories to an outsider driving through the camp. No staff
member interviewed could remember Edna Elaine Moses or an Edna Elaine Knox,
but all were familiar with the kinds of stories told about the camp.
Elaine says she signed her name in blood and became a part of "The
Brotherhood at this camp." She does not say how old she was when the did this
but says it took place during the summer. "School was out at the time and as
I had nothing else to do I decided to go." [45] This places the event some
time during her youth, probably her mid-teens. Interestingly, the caption
next to her senior picture in her high school's 1965 year book mentions that
she was a member of her school's Bible Club. [46]
ANOTHER MARRIAGE GONE BAD
Chick's books and tapes on Elaine and Rebecca gloss over Elaine's earthly
marriage and divorce, where Rebecca says: "He [God] wanted me [Rebecca] to
have Elaine move in with me immediately as she did not yet have faith enough
to stand on her own. Her husband had left and remained with the satanists."
[47]
Likewise on the tape CLOSET WITCHES 1, Rebecca claims: "...Father was quick to
answer me, He told me that I must get Elaine and move her into my home with
us, because she would commit suicide rather than fall into the hands of the
cult, that her faith wasn't strong enough yet, her husband had left her. He
remained in the cult."
Rebecca and Elaine's story puts their first meeting at Ball Memorial Hospital
around 1980. Research into court records of Henry County, Ind., found that
Edna Elaine Knost was married Dec.18, 1966, by the minister of the Foursquare
Church of New Castle, Ind., [48] and that 2-1/2 months later, her husband
filed for divorce, citing her treatment of him in "a cruel and inhuman manner
and that on account of the treatment so received it has made it impossible for
said parties to live together as husband and wife." [49]
So, documentary evidence shows that the marriage was dissolved in 1967, some
13 years prior to what is alleged in the book and cassette tape. Shortly
after separating from her husband, Elaine returned to live with her mother and
step-father. From that time, until the late 1970s, she remained in New Castle
working at various jobs which included a car-hop at a drive-in restaurant and
a car wash attendant. Also during this time Elaine was continually in and out
of hospitals in the New Castle area for assorted surgeries. [50]
Some direction seemed to come into Elaine's life as she received training and
was licensed by the State of Indiana as a Practical Nurse (LPN), which allowed
her employment at area nursing homes. Thus it can be concluded through a
definite verifiable chronology, Elaine's claims to have been Satan's
representative on an international level, meeting with foreign governmental
dignitaries who petitioned "for money for arms" and to have "been to Mecca,
Israel, Egypt, also the Vatican in Rome to meet with the Pope...for the
purpose of coordinating Satan's programs with Satanists in other lands," as
well as meeting with "many of the well-known Rock music stars" who "all signed
contracts with Satan in return for fame and fortune" are fictitious. [51] The
facts clearly demonstrate a life opposite the notoriety she alleges.
The Chick literature further tells of "pressure" put on them to stop their
"ministry" of exposing satanists and witches at the hospital and surrounding
communities. Rebecca says: "I knew that the mayor of that town and the chief
of police as well as many of the policemen were satanists so I couldn't go to
the police for help." [52] "The cult was furious and they let us know in no
uncertain terms they were furious. There was all kinds of harassment." [53]
The real story is that officials at Ball Memorial Hospital had had enough of
Rebecca's bizarre behavior which had grown to include rites of exorcism in
hospital rooms involving the use of candles and claims "that she was chosen by
God as the only physician able to diagnose certain ailments and conditions."
[54] Finally, hospital officials asked her to leave Ball Memorial Hospital.
The Chick literature never mentions her dismissal from Ball Memorial. Rebecca
just says: "After I finished my residency in internal medicine and critical
care, I opened a medical practice in a small town about 60 miles from the city
in which Elaine was initiated into Satanism. Over the next three years life
was intense." [55]
Evidence shows that Rebecca did set up a general practice in Lapel, Ind., with
financial support from St. John's Hospital, a Catholic institution in nearby
Anderson. [56]
This adds an interesting twist to the story, given Chick's widely known hatred
of the Roman Catholic Church and anything associated with it. On CLOSET
WITCHES 2, Chick asks Elaine: "With your background in the occult and the
'craft,' did you sense a 'Trinity of evil' within the church whereby you, the
satanists, and the Masons and the Catholics all work together? Is there a
harmony some way, could you recognize one another?"
Elaine responds: "Sure Jack...we did and were able to co-ordinate all of our
efforts so we all worked in sync with one another."
Chick: "In other words, if you were going to take someone out, all three of
you would work together?"
Elaine: "Yeah, primarily they would...Catholics and Masons and satanists, they
all use the same abilities of occultism."
In her book, PREPARE FOR WAR, Rebecca devotes an entire chapter to the Roman
Catholic Church called, "Is Roman Catholicism Witchcraft?" There she states:
"Anyone who does not live in the true Gospel of Jesus Christ of the Bible is
not saved. If you do not tell your Catholic friends this truth, but continue
in a false friendship with them, then you are a 'partaker' in the evil of the
idolatrous system of Roman Catholicism - you are practicing witchcraft." [57]
Based on that statement and by virtue of her association with a Roman Catholic
hospital, Rebecca was practicing witchcraft.
From the outset of their stay in Lapel, Rebecca and Elaine deceived the
public. A front-page story in the May 26, 1982, edition of THE LAPEL REVIEW
newspaper said Rebecca was establishing her "general medical practice" there.
The article under the headline "Dr. Bailey [sic] to open practice in Lapel,"
stated, "She and HER SISTER and two friends working with her are very much
looking forward to joining the community here." [58] From this report and
others, we learn that Rebecca and Elaine were passing themselves off as
sisters. [59] Edna Elaine Moses even took Ruth's last name and called
herself Elaine Bailey! Lapel residents confirmed that they claimed such a
relationship.
Rebecca claims to have "made contacts during that time and was privileged to
bring close to a thousand people out of hard-core Satanism" while practicing
in Lapel and at her farmhouse residence in nearby Pendleton. "We ran sort of
an underground railroad," she says. [60] If her claims are true, she would
have had to rescue from Satanism an average of 1.3 people per day during the
25 months (April 1982 through May 1984) she lived in the area. Any Christian
minister or counter-cult worker would agree that such a rate would be
phenomenal.
But as they did at Ball Memorial, circumstances in Lapel surrounding Rebecca
and Elaine grew strange. First, Rebecca's version: "...the battle escalated,
becoming even more intense. [61] The satanists were instruments of my
mother's death. [62] Elaine was by then in a semi-coma from her leukemia and
was totally bedfast for over 6 months. [63] Satan struck me one of his final
blows to our ministry in that area. The Satanists swept in, and in one night,
while Elaine and I were out of the house for a couple of hours, destroyed
everything we had. They axed everything in my home, even killing our precious
pets. They also destroyed my office and everything we had. Elaine and I
escaped with our lives and the clothes on our backs, that is all. Satan's
attack was so well planned that at the same time everyone turned against us.
Our church decided we were serving Satan and refused to help us. My own
father and the rest of my family turned against us. Elaine's family helped
destroy everything we had. Members of both our families moved to try to get
us permanently committed to a mental institution. We had no choice but to
flee the state." [64]
Rebecca concludes: "Many other events happened which I do not have the space
to detail." [65]
Documentary evidence shows a different story.
First, there is no ground for Rebecca's claim that Satanists were instruments
of her mother's death. According to the official copy of the "Medical
Certificate of Death from the Marion County [Ind.] Health Department," Lois M.
Bailey died Dec. 31, 1982 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis of a heart
attack. She was 75 years old. [66] Rebecca says she was 74. [67]
MAJOR INVESTIGATION BEGINS
Another detail Rebecca fails to mention is allegations that she abused Elaine.
Documents show that she indeed did abuse Elaine.
On Oct. 17, 1983, officer Samuel E. Hanna of the Madison County [Indiana]
Police received a phone call from a social worker at St. Vincent's Hospital in
Indianapolis. The reason for the call: A woman had been admitted into the
hospital whose entire body was covered with lesions. She was incoherent, had
received an overdose of drugs and was near death. The patient's name was
Edna Elaine Moses. A preliminary investigation found the prime suspect to be
Dr. Ruth Bailey (Rebecca). [68] Officer Hanna, a born again Christian, was
the party responsible for spearheading the major investigation of Rebecca.
Several months of investigative work followed which involved the Attorney
General's office, the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, St. John's
Hospital, the Indiana Medical Licensing Board and others.
Based on the investigation, the Indiana Medical Licensing Board issued an
"Emergency Suspension" of Rebecca's license, which barred her from practicing
medicine in Indiana for 90 days." [69]
More investigation followed, additional affidavits were taken and a "Request
For Admissions" by Rebecca was secured. Among other findings, the exploration
revealed that Rebecca, in less than six months' time had issued to four
different pharmacies a total of more than 100 prescriptions for Demerol, which
authorized purchase of 330 vials of the highly addictive, pain-killing drug.
[70]
Following that discovery, the Licensing Board issued an order filed May 22,
1984, extending Rebecca's suspension for 90 more days. The order further
stated, "That Respondent [Rebecca] continues to represent a clear and
immediate danger to the public health and safety if she is allowed to continue
to represent a clear and immediate danger to the public health and safety if
she is allowed to continue to practice medicine, and that the reasons
enumerated for the prior order of suspension in this matter have not changed."
The order further called for Rebecca to "submit to a complete physical and
mental examination at the board's expense."
By this time, Rebecca had fled Lapel. A copy of the Board's order had to be
forwarded to her by certified mail to a post office box in Niles, Mich., where
she signed for it on May 29, 1984. The investigation continued and resulted
in a hearing in September 1984. The Sept. 21, 1984, edition of the
INDIANAPOLIS NEWS reported that "She [Rebecca] did not attend the six-hour
hearing of her case yesterday, and by law her failure to appear meant the
state had proven her guilty by default." The paper further reported that 19
witnesses gave testimony during the hearing, several of whom "declined to
reveal their current addresses, saying they feared retaliation from Dr.
Bailey. The physician carries a handgun and has threatened to harm people she
claims are possessed, they said."
The newspaper article went on to report that "Several witnesses said that they
saw Dr. Bailey [Rebecca] inject herself, Mrs. Moses [Elaine] and Mrs. Moses'
teen-age daughter with Demerol and morphine. Great quantities of drugs were
kept on hand, and the Bailey home was littered with used needles and syringes,
witnesses said." Further, a former live-in housekeeper for Dr. Bailey
testified that "the home was 'filthy' when she and her daughter moved in. 'I
hauled out 18 bags of trash,' she said. In the room where Dr. Bailey and Mrs.
Moses shared a bed, there were overflowing ashtrays, plates of leftover food
and animal feces, she testified. The house was full of demonology books."
THE VERDICT
The Indiana Medical Licensing Board's hearing concluded and a "Finding of
Fact, Conclusions of Law & Order" was issued. The eight-page report called
for the immediate revocation of Rebecca's medical license. Among the most
telling excerpts are:
"8. That on numerous occasions Respondent [Rebecca] has knowingly and
intentionally misdiagnosed her patients including, but not limited to her
patients by the name of Edna Elaine Moses, a/k/a Elaine Moses, a/k/a Elaine
Bailey (hereinafter collectively referred to as 'Edna Elaine Moses'), Claudia
Moses, Lucia Lively, Luccinda Sisson, Kelly Sisson, Cheryl Maynard, and two
(2) patients identified only as 'V.B.' and 'K.W.'
9. That the 'misdiagnosis' referred to in 'Finding of Fact' no. 8 above,
included misdiagnosing alleged leukemia, various blood disorders, gall bladder
disease, brain tumors and various other ailments and conditions all of which
Respondent stated were allegedly caused by demons, devils and other evil
spirits.
10. That in fact, the patients referred to in 'Finding of Fact' no. 8 above,
were not suffering from the diagnosed ailments and conditions referred to in
'Finding of Fact' no. 9 above.
11. That on numerous occasions Respondent stated to her patients that she was
'chosen' by God as the only physician able to diagnose certain ailments and
conditions which other physicians could not because the other physicians,
including physicians from Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana and St.
John's Medial Center in Anderson, Indiana, were, in fact, 'demons, devils and
other evil spirits' themselves.
12. That Respondent was inapporpriately treating Edna Elaine Moses' purported
leukemia with massive doses of Demerol and Phenobarbitol to the point where
the patient would tolerate 600 to 900 cc injections of Demerol, a fatal dose
of which is normally in the 150 to 200 cc range, and up to three times the
recommended therapeutic dose of phenobarbitol.
13. That Respondent gave Claudia Moses, a 15-year-old mentally impaired
daughter of Edna Elaine Moses who possesses the intellectual age of an
8-year-old, numerous injections of Demerol for alleged 'nausea' and allowed
Claudia to administer injections of Demerol to herself.
14. That on numerous occasions the Respondent would supply her patients with
excessive amounts of legend drugs and/or controlled substances without any
explanation, instruction, or appropriate charting.
15. That numerous patients of the Respondent had to undergo detoxification and
withdrawal from the excessive amounts of legend drugs and/or controlled
substances which the Respondent was prescribing and/or administering without
valid therapeutic reasons.
16. That while Edna Elaine Moses was under the immediate care and treatment of
Respondent, the family of Edna Elaine Moses had to have Edna admitted to St.
Vincent's Hospital Emergency Room in Indianapolis, Indiana and subsequently
committed to LaRue Carter Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, for
detoxification from the excessive amounts of controlled substances which
Respondent was prescribing and administering for Edna's purported leukemia and
for treatment of the multiple infections, including infections of her urinary
tract and infections of various catheters including a 'Hickman' catheter used
to facilitate the administration of intravenous medications and also for
treatment of externally caused lesions...
20. That Respondent has stated on numerous occasions that she possessed the
capability of 'sharing' her patients' illnesses in fighting the demons, devils
and other evil spirits that were allegedly causing the various ailments and
conditions and that she was, in fact, 'sharing' Edna Elaine Moses' leukemia.
21. That without a valid therapeutic reason the Respondent self-diagnosed and
self-medicated herself with non-therapeutic amounts of Demerol for her
'leukemia' that she was allegedly 'sharing' with Edna Elaine Moses and also
for treatment of an alleged malignant brain tumor and myasthenia gravis.
22. That Respondent has been witnessed routinely receiving non-therapeutic
doses of at least 3 ccs of Demerol on an hourly basis by injecting herself in
the backs of her hands, the inside of her thighs, or wherever she could locate
a suitable vein.
23. That the Board-appointed psychiatrist who examined the Respondent and
reviewed statements made by her patients diagnosed the Respondent as suffering
from acute personality disorders including demonic delusions and/or paranoid
schizophrenia."
Finally, based upon the foregoing "Findings of Fact," the Board then made its
"Conclusions of Law," about Rebecca, which included findings of her:
"(D) addiction or severe dependency upon alcohol or other drugs which
endangers the public by impairing a practitioner's ability to practice
safely...
(3) Prescribing or administering a drug for other than generally accepted
therapeutic purposes; and,
(4) Gross negligence in the practice of medicine."
The most important point of the medical report is the divulging of Demerol
overdoses by both Elaine and Rebecca. Addiction to Demerol, a depressant, has
clearly identifiable side effects. THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
describes the side effects of a Demerol overdose: "Disorientation,
hallucinations, unstable gait, paradoxical behavioral disturbances may suggest
psychotic disorder." The GUIDE goes on: "weakness, fainting, disorientation,
dizziness, impaired concentration, dependence, confusion, convulsions."
It is impossible to determine how much, if any, real contact with Satan Elaine
and Rebecca had while under the influence of drugs. but one can be sure that
their drug-influenced states brought no direct revelation from God. Possibly
both were feeding and fueling the interpretations of their fantasies. Rebecca
and Elaine's perception of the facts and personal experiences are akin to the
image one sees in a fun house mirror - the image is there but is a complete
distortion of reality.
Rebecca and Elaine's story, as told to Chick, with its extra-biblical claims
and sinful origins cause it to be found wanting when held up to the standard
of God's Word. Further we cannot ignore the vast amount of documentation and
testimony given by police, doctors, lawyers, family members and acquaintances;
nor can we give heed to the claim that they aa are part of Satan's ploy to
discredit Rebecca and Elaine.
Ruth Bailey's medical career been cut short as she had "deteriorated into a
woman plagued by drug addiction, religious extremism and a belief that
patients and colleagues were possessed by devils." [71]
Jack Chick continues to deceive the public with his promotion of questionable
and sensationalistic testimonies. The advancement of such in no way edifies
the body of Christ. It appears Chick has, himself, has fallen prey to Satan's
wiles. We hope in the future he acknowledges the sordid and suspicious past
of these women and admits he has been deceived. Our prayer, too, is that
Rebecca and Elaine will repent of the lies and deceptions which cause evil
suspicions among Christians and serve to harm the Church.
ENDNOTES:
1] Video tape on file.
2] See further, THE JOURNAL OF PASTORAL PRACTICE, Vol.3, No. 4, pp. 99-103;
Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 83-88; CHRISTIANITY TODAY, Feb. 2, 1979, pp. 38-42; THE
NEW LOGOS JOURNAL, March/April 1979, pp. 67-69; CORNERSTONE magazine, Vol.
9, Issue 53, pp. 29-31; TAKE A CLOSER LOOK the official news and
information magazine of Concerned Christians Growth Ministries, Vol. 9,
No. 3, April 1988, pp. 12-18.
3] Rebecca Brown, MD, HE CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE, Chick Publications,
Chino, Calif., 1986, pg. 56.
4] Ibid., pg. 61.
5] Ibid., pg. 62.
6] Ibid., pg. 63.
7] Ibid., pg. 79.
8] Ibid.
9] Ibid., pg. 80.
10] Ibid., pg. 82.
11] Ibid., pg. 92.
12] Rebecca Brown, MD, PREPARE FOR WAR, Chick Publications, Chino, 1987,
pg.17.
13] Ibid.
14] Ibid., pg. 16.
15] Ibid., pg. 18.
16] Ibid.
17] Ibid., pg. 226.
18] Ibid., pg. 32.
19] Ibid.
20] CAPTIVES, pg. 101.
21] Ibid., pg. 99.
22] PREPARE, pg. 224.
23] Ibid.
24] Ibid., pg. 225.
25] Jerry Johnston, THE EDGE OF EVIL, THE RISE OF SATANISM IN NORTH AMERICA,
Word Publishers, Dallas, 1989, pg. 173.
26] Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, County Clerk
Document, number VCV 009038.
27] APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO PRACTICE HEALING ART BY EXAMINATION submitted
by Ruth Bailey to Medical Licensing Board of Indiana, #76607, date issued
8/14/79.
28] CAPTIVES, pg. 8.
29] APPLICATION FOR LICENSE, op. cit.
30] Letter from Indiana University School of Medicine to Ball Memorial
Hospital, Muncie, Ind., July 9, 1979.
31] CAPTIVES, pg. 101.
32] INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, Sept. 21, 1984; pg. 5.
33] Interview with Detective Samuel E. Hanna and Captain Tim R. Davis, Madison
County, Ind., Police, June 1989; tape on file.
34] Finding of Fact, no. 11, Ruth Bailey, M.D., Before Medical Licensing Board
of Indiana, Cause #83 MLB 038.
35] CAPTIVES, pg. 9.
36] Ibid.
37] Finding of Fact, no. 20, Cause #83 MLB 038.
38] Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, County Clerk
Document, number VCV 009037.
39] CLOSET WITCHES 1, side two, Chick Publications, Chino.
40] State's Exhibit #22, "in-Patient Admissions," and "History & Physical"
reports for Moses, Edna E., Ball Memorial Hospital, Medical Record No.
89477.
41] CAPTIVES, pg. 27.
42] Ibid., pg. 28.
43] Ibid., pg. 32-33.
44] CHESTERFIELD LIVES - SPIRITUALIST CAMP 1886-1986 OUR FIRST 100 YEARS,
self-published, 1986.
45] CAPTIVES, pg. 30.
46] NEW CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK 1965, pg. 51, New Castle, Ind.
47] CAPTIVES, pg. 92.
48] Application for Marriage License, State of Indiana, Henry County, Book 54,
pg. 586.
49] State of Indiana, Henry Circuit Court - January term 1967, Cause 67-C-92.
50] States Exhibit #22, op. cit.
51] CAPTIVES, pg. 62-63.
52] CLOSET WITCHES 2, side two, Chick Publications, Chino.
53] Ibid.
54] Findings of Fact, no. 11, Cause #83 MLB 038.
55] PREPARE, pg. 224.
56] While St. John's Hospital would neither confirm nor deny its financial
assistance in establishing Rebecca's (Ruth Bailey's) private practice,
States Exhibit #16 - St. John's Medical Center, Anderson Indiana,
Chronology - Doctor Ruth Bailey [sic] records a September 20, 1983
interview between Rebecca (Ruth Bailey) and hospital administrator Sister
Michaeleen in which Rebecca "expressed concern about her finances and how
much she owed the hospital particularly." Further, Lapel, Ind., residents
and police officials (Detective Samuel E. Hanna/Captain Tim R. Davis
interview) indicate St. John's financial involvement in Rebecca's opening
a general medical practice in Lapel. Finally, following her exodus from
Lapel, possession of the house, which served as Rebecca's medical office,
was transferred within a six-week time period from Rebecca to the State
Bank of Lapel to St. John's Hospital (State of Indiana, Madison County
Records, Book 619, Pages 216 and 740).
57] PREPARE, pg. 166.
58] THE LAPEL REVIEW, Lapel, Ind., May 26, 1982.
59] States Exhibit #16, Saint John's Medical Center, Anderson, Ind.,
Chronology - Dr. Ruth Bailey (sic), pp. 1-6.
60] PREPARE, pg. 224.
61] Ibid.
62] Ibid.
63] Ibid.
64] Ibid., pg. 225.
65] Ibid., pg. 224.
66] Official Copy of Certificate of Death, #08291, Lois M. Bailey.
67] PREPARE, pg. 224.
68] Case Complaint Report, Madison County, Ind., Police, #83-K-4001.
69] Emergency Suspension, in the Matter of Ruth Bailey, M.D., License No.
29402, received Mar. 15, 1984 by the Health Professions Service Bureau.
70] Affidavits of pharmacists from Marsh Pharmacy, Anderson, Ind., Hollon's
Drugs, Anderson; Lapel Drug Store, Lapel, Ind., and Gene Maddy Drugs,
Anderson.
71] INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, Sept. 21, 1984, pg. 1.
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