The State - News from Dec. 6, 1988

With the theatrical set of the Crystal Cathedral’s Christmas pageant as a backdrop, the Rev. Robert Schuller declared himself “completely vindicated” in a $55-million lawsuit over ownership of the production. The suit, filed by two directors of the “Glory of Christmas” pageant who were fired by Schuller in 1986, was dismissed in Santa Ana by U.S. District Judge J. Spencer Letts, who strongly rebuked the plaintiffs. Letts’ written order accused the former directors, Michael Coleman and Conwell Worthington, and their attorney, Irving Meyer of Los Angeles, of having “perpetrated a fraud on this court by intentionally making . . . false allegations” supported by “a bogus contract.” Meyer said his clients will appeal.