The following are only excerpts from an affidavit written by Ed Deckers ex-wife.
Ed Decker boldly claims in his movie "The Godmakers" that it was the
LDS Church that destroyed his family. Millions of people have seen this film and
and bought into his story. This page is an attempt to bring to light the true fruits of Ed Decker
and perhaps allow the reader to judge for himself if this is the kind of person you would want in
guiding to spiritual truth. "By their fruits you shall know them". The fruits represented by
Eddy and his right hand man Dick Baer would include, bearing false witness, deciet, adultery, conceit
and lying. This is the story of Ed Deckers LDS experience according to his ex-wife:
"It was in Lakewood that Ed decided that he wanted the Mormon missionaries to come and
tell him about the Church. He had been raised in the Episcopal Church but hadn't attended in years.
I was at this time inactive in the LDS Church because there was no close ward or branch to attend.
The morning he said he would like the missionaries to come was the very morning I was going to tell him that I would
like to find out where I could go to church. The missionaries came and, after being taught the gospel,
Ed was baptized...After about one year Ed lost his job as Program Secretary at the YMCA and went to work for Boeing
Aircraft Company at LAkehurst Naval Air Station. Now I was expecting our second child, John E. Decker III. We were
there just a couple of months when we were transferred to what is now the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. We were there
just a shirt time when the missle program that Ed worked on was dropped and we were out of a job. About 1960, We moved to
Hollywood, Florida, near my parents, and Ed went to work for the state road dept. For this move Ed borrowed
$250 from my parents which he has never paid back to this day.
In 1961, Jeffrey E. Decker, our third child was born. In 1963, our daughter, Jennifer L. Decker, was born in Lompoc,
California. On the night she was born, Ed left the hospital after visiting me and took his girlfriend to the
railroad station because she was leaving her husband. This was the beginning of a series of
affairs with women that eventually caused our divorce six years later....Things did settle down and, after talking with the Bishop
and teh Stake President, Ed promised to never do it again. I forgave him, and after showing remorse and repentance the Church forgave him also.
After one year, in 1964, we even went through the temple again. Ed said he was sorry for his infidelity and I believed him. After another short time
Boeing transferred us to Seattle, Washington, and we moved there. I was pregnant again. We found a home to rent in Renton, Washington. In 1965,
our last daughter was born. I didn't know it at the time, but Ed was drinking again. I had phlebitis for the last two months of my pregnancy and was
bedridden. I also has four small children to care for. During this time I recieved several phone calls informing me that Ed was having affairs with various
women. While he was spending his money on his affairs, Ed didn't pay the bills, several items we had purchased were repossessed, and in March of 1965 Ed
filed for bankruptcy. It wasn't long before Boeing transferred us to Atlanta. Ed rejected the transfer and quit.
In 1967, he left me for a week saying he was leaving for good. He did come back that time. We moved shortly after that to Elgin, Illinois. We lived
in the country in an eighteen room farm house and Ed gave a lot of parties-- the bring your own bottle parties. One party
lasted until seven in the morning. His word of wisdom problem was no longer hidden...
Ed was moving up in the computer world and I thought all was well until I recieved phone calls again about him taking several girls in the office to bed.
That summer he had the affair that hurt me the most---with my best friend. It hurt me more that she would do such a thing behind my back than him being untrue again.
I was getting used to that. When I went to my Bishop for advice, I was told to forgive him. Sooner or later he always said he was sorry and wanted my forgiveness.
As for my friend, she divorced her husband and I never knew what happened to her after that. We moved again in 1968--this time to Dundee, Illinois. During the time we lived there,
Ed was only home one or two days a month. He called from California and told me he was coming to pick up his things and leave for good. This time he meant it. He took me down to
an attorney, sat me down and told me and the attorney that if I did not agree to everything he told us to do he would disappear and I would have to raise the children myself
without any help from him. Our children were 4,5,7,9, and 11. I was scared and did exactly what he said. He left me with the bills but he did pay for our move to Florida in 1969 where I took the children. My
parents bought a house to rent to me for very little money. Ed promised a very fair amount for child support. We were divorced in that same year.
Not long after I got settled in Florida, Ed came to visit and brought his girlfriend. Two years later Ed took me to court to lower the child support. He did succeed in having the support lowered.
In the yaers that followed, we constantly had battles over the child support. Sometimes it came, sometimes it didn't. During the first ten years Ed and I were married, we moved 26 times. Ed had affairs for seven of those years
and I was continually advised by the LDS Church to forgive him. I loved him and wanted more than anything to have a happy home. I did everything I could think of to make him happy. Ed has enticed all of our children to go to him for money and gifts that
I could never afford. As an example, when our daughter was almost fourteen, she went on a visit to see Ed and never returned. She had been wanting a horse for years but I couldn't afford it. Ed promised her that if she came for a visit she could
pick out her own horse. This was a dream come true for her. She went to wisit Ed with a one-way ticket. She never returned. I didn't have money to fight him in court and did not want my daughter to suffer because of a terrible court battle. So, she stayed with him
and it broke my heart. Soon the child support stopped altogether and to this day he owes me money. ..I have been to visit my children in the last several years. I visit when grandchildren are born and for one of our daughter's wedding. I miss my
children very much. One son remains active in the Church. The rest are inactive. They were active until they went to live with their dad.
I did not know Ed made THE GODMAKERS film until several years ago when I went to visit a new grandchild. I have seen the film and have been informed as to what Ed includes in his
lectures. I understand he often blames me and the Church for the breakup of our marriage. Nothing could be further from the truth. It was the LDS Church that kept counseling me to forgive him. They tried to help us stay together and resolve our problems.
I havce also heard several times that Ed tells people that he has been a Bishop in the LDS Church. THIS IS NOT TRUE. He was never a Bishop... Ed and his wife have been cordial to me when I visit or we have family activities, and I feel no animosity towards him or his wife.
He has a nice new family now, a beautiful home, and the power and money that have always been his goals. I have always encouraged my children to love their father even if they disapprove of what he does. As I have said before, I have forgiven him and I have the strong feeling
that we do not need to worry about him or people like him who feel it their mission to try and destroy the LDS Church. This will never happen. I pray for Ed and for all other enemies of the Church, that they will
examine their motives, soften their hearts, and realize that what they do is not in keeping with the Lord's commandments. I bear this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, my savior and redeemer."
Deckers opening narrating comments at the beginning of the Godmaker film:
Narrator:
"It looks beautiful from the outside. But when you peel off the mask and
talk to the victims,you uncover another part of the story. The documented
evidence you are about to see may seem unbelievable, but it's all true.
Actor#1:
"When they took my family, there wasn't anything else to live
for. I tried to kill moyself. Thank God I didn't succeed
Actor#2:
"I think that the most difficult part of this for me is that they've turned my
own beautiful children against me. You know, the brainwashing techniques of this
organization are really incredibly effective."
Narrator:
"On behalf of a growing number of victims, Ed Decker, together with Dick Baer,
themselves vicitims of this powerful organization, consulted with a L.A based
law firm about filing a class action law suit."
