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Alberto Rivera: More Insight on This Man's Life

Editor's NoteKnown for the comic books produced by Chick Publications, this letter — received from a person who was personally involved in investigating Rivera — reveals yet another aspect of this man's life. The companion letter is here: Alberto Rivera: A Jesuit Priest or a Fraud?

My name is Andrew Wilson. I was hired by a group of pastors who were defrauded by Alberto many years after his comics were printed. Below is a tract that I wrote because I was the one who investigated Alberto Rivera. I was indeed very interested in promoting his literature that Jack Chick had published — the Comic Book Series — because as a former Catholic myself, I wanted to get the truth out. In the course of my investigation, I was shocked. I uncovered a whole range of tangible facts proving Alberto was a fraud in the greatest sense of the word. Please put down your defenses. I am no Jesuit — do not accuse me of such.

What I Personally Investigated and Found

I personally met Alberto's landlords from years back — William Adams, a blind man who operated a full time radio ministry near Daytona Beach, Florida, and did not take a cent in donations for the ministry. It was his car that Alberto had stolen. I have the interview on video, being transferred to a DVD. I have court documentation of charges brought against Alberto by God-loving Protestant pastors, a doctor, and more. That doctor — Dr. Ed Guerro — was conned out of $50,000. I went to court with Dr. Guerro.

I was at the airport with the news team when Alberto slipped away before they could interview him. I discovered the body of Juan Alberto Romero at the pauper's cemetery in El Paso, Texas — go there yourself. I am sharing this because I am so fed up with the "protect Alberto club" that is laced with blaming the Jesuits for his murder. Please! When Alberto was confronted by me, he attacked me in an angry rage. Unfortunately, I am a former martial arts champion, and Alberto was on the losing end quite fast. It happened at a house in Oxnard, when I confronted Alberto at a Bible study. He was quite shocked to see me, because he knew who I was — and became quite embarrassed at the fact that I had FACTS, not hearsay.

The Facts About Alberto Rivera

In El Paso, Texas: Police and the Judge Advocate's Office knew that Alberto was investigated for child abuse at 1001 Maurice Tobin Lane on the evening of June 26, 1965. His baby Juan Alberto Rivera died at the hospital on June 27, 1965, from wounds received the previous day. As Alberto was about to speak in El Paso for a Spanish Revival in 1991, a news crew went to the Pauper's Cemetery and filmed the grave of Juan Alberto Romero, who may have died because of Alberto. After Alberto was chased out of El Paso by the Spanish revival committee, the LA News Team waited to confront him at LAX — but he cleverly dodged them. I was there.

Alberto was also investigated on behalf of Dino Badaracco, a Spanish pastor from Los Angeles who was defrauded by him — years after the comic books were in print. Expelled from college for habitual lying, Alberto had many warrants for grand theft and child abuse and was investigated for murder. His landlord William and Emagene Adams in Ormond Beach, Florida — whom he also worked for — told me how Alberto stole their 1965 Rambler and a credit card from his neighbour Mita Averil as he fled to Washington State.

I had contacted Chick Publications (Jack Chick) to no avail. As a former Catholic, I had worked with Bart Brewer — a real former Catholic priest who led many to Christ after his departure from the priesthood. Bart Brewer was one of the most honourable, dedicated, Christian persons I have ever known. I agree with Chick Publications on many things, but on Alberto Rivera they are wrong — very wrong. Chick was misled by a professional story-telling con-artist. When Alberto was confronted regarding the above allegations, he physically attacked his accuser in an angry rage.

Editor's Note on Bart Brewer"Pilgrimage from Rome" — Bart Brewer's earthly journey was ended by the Lord in 2005, and instantly his soul entered the heavenly kingdom to be with the Lord forever. However, Bart Brewer's message to the lost still lives on: "No priest but Christ; no sacrifice but Calvary; no authority but the Word of God; no confession but the Throne of God's Grace."
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