Robert Tilton Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text===Failed libel action=== In 1992, Tilton sued ABC for [[libel]] because of its investigation and report, but the case was dismissed in 1993. Federal Judge [[Thomas Rutherford Brett]], in his July 16, 1993, dismissal of the case, stated that information in Trinity's logs on prayer requests reportedly found in dumpsters on September 11, 1991, "could not have been found then because the postmark date was after September 11, 1991", but also noted that Anthony had recanted the erroneous entries in a subsequent [[affidavit]].<ref name="Wilonsky">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/the-robert-tilton-files-7117475|title=The Robert Tilton Files|last=Wilonsky|first=Robert|date=August 8, 2006|website=Dallas Observer|access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref> Tilton appealed the decision in 1993; although the findings of the original court were upheld in 1995, federal Judge [[Michael Burrage]]'s opinion criticized ABC and the ''Primetime Live'' producers for their editing of the story and noted that ABC had been warned by their own religion editor, Peggy Wehmeyer (who knew Anthony from her work as a religion reporter at ABC affiliate [[WFAA-TV]] in Dallas), that, "Mr. Anthony could not be trusted and was obsessed with his crusade against [Tilton]."<ref name="Wilonsky"/> Tilton once more appealed the decision, this time to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] in 1996, but the court refused to hear the case.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/c3918a1411552cb21401776084f5158a|title=Supreme court rejects suit by television evangelist Robert Tilton|last=Carelli|first=Richard|website=AP NEWS|access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page