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DIED. Lester Roloff, 68, fiery fundamentalist preacher whose radio-based ministry financed controversy-ridden homes for rebellious children; when his private plane crashed, also killing four others; near Normangee, Texas. In his homes, Roloff enforced hard-nosed "godlines" (no coffee, newspapers, aspirins or TV), sometimes with whipping and paddling. To charges of excessive harshness, Roloff replied, "There's nothing wrong with handcuffing a girl to keep her from going to hell...
...Preacher Roloff...
Texas Preacher Lester Roloff's brand of religious schooling [June 25] reeks of brainwashing, intimidation and mental, if not physical, bludgeoning. No wonder he can claim "success." Even as devoted an "infidel" as I would gladly smash my rock albums and burn my TV set if the alternative was spending a few days lashed to a toilet...
...surprising that a largely secular and materialistic society should reject the Rev. Lester Roloff and his belief in biblical discipline because his ideas are not popular in our permissive world. In this society it is more reasonable to electrocute a man than to discipline a child who wavers...
...state might never have bothered him except that tales of excessive punishment kept surfacing from some of his thousands of alumnae. In 1973 the state attorney general's office ordered an investigation, alleging that Roloffs residents were sometimes beaten black and blue, or tied to toilets for days. Roloff refused to admit the inspectors...