Is hate group leader Dan Gayman telling the truth about his involvement with Eric Rudolph?
Guest column by a former member/resident of the Church of Israel Dan Gayman misrepresents his relationship with Eric Rudolph and lies to the media about the length of time Eric spent on church grounds, and the relationships that Eric forged there. Dan Gayman is the leader of the Church of Israel. Gayman claims Pat Rudolph and her sons Eric and James just showed up uninvited at his church. And that she was a “destitute widow” he helped out. However, Mrs. Rudolph and her children were invited by Dan Gayman to attend the Church of Israel Tabernacles Celebration in1984 and given specific directions to the remote compound, located five miles outside the small town of Schell City, Missouri. Pat and her sons didnt just happen upon to compound accidentally, as Dan has said in the past. The Church of Israel is actually difficult to find and many people get lost on their first visit. When Eric Robert Rudolph arrived at the church with his mother he was barely 18. His father, Robert had recently
