Morris Cerullo 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! ===General=== Cerullo is considered by some critics to be controversial, with concerns having been raised about his financial practices. He was indicted for income tax evasion in California. Those charges were dismissed by the court.<ref name=ReligiousNewsBlog07>{{cite news |title=Tax case dismissed against Morris Cerullo |date=August 20, 2007 |work=Religious News Blog |url=http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19069/morris-cerullo |access-date=November 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103235240/http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19069/morris-cerullo |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=CharismaMagAug07>{{cite news |title=Federal Judge Dismisses Tax-Evasion Indictment Against Evangelist Morris Cerullo |date=August 17, 2007 |work=Charisma Magazine |url=http://www.charismamag.com/site-archives/570-news/featured-news/3769- |access-date=November 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104024613/http://www.charismamag.com/site-archives/570-news/featured-news/3769- |archive-date=November 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a Christian of partially Jewish origin, he has carried a few evangelistic campaigns targeted at the Jewish community, drawing some condemnation from anti-missionary organizations and claims of deceptive practices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/library/library-primary-228/missionary-tactics/337-morris-cerullo-a-his-ministry-to-the-jews|title=Morris Cerullo & His Ministry to the Jews β Jews for Judaism|publisher=|accessdate=April 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621050546/http://jewsforjudaism.org/library/library-primary-228/missionary-tactics/337-morris-cerullo-a-his-ministry-to-the-jews|archive-date=June 21, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jweekly.com/2000/03/31/missionaries-dupe-jewish-newspapers-across-country/|title=Missionaries dupe Jewish newspapers across country|date=March 31, 2000|publisher=|accessdate=April 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417071353/http://www.jweekly.com/2000/03/31/missionaries-dupe-jewish-newspapers-across-country/|archive-date=April 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jta.org/news/article/2000/03/28/5381/Evangelicalsstealt|title=Jweekly.com|publisher=|accessdate=April 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910130902/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2000/03/28/5381/Evangelicalsstealt|archive-date=September 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> While no charges were brought against Cerullo's ministry, Cerullo was found to have underrepresented his income for 1998 through 2000. However, on August 8, 2007, the US District Court, Southern District of California ordered that the indictment be dismissed as a consequence of the prosecutor's inaccurate explanation of the [[Commissioner v. Duberstein|Duberstein test]] to the jury. An extract from the ruling was published on Cerullo's website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://morriscerullo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=38 |title=MorrisCerullo.com - Case Against Morris Cerullo DISMISSED |accessdate=March 7, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024173521/http://morriscerullo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=38 |archivedate=October 24, 2007 }}</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