[WACO] Who is Pace? To sum it up in one word: Squatter

Who is Pace? To sum it up in one word: Squatter

**Since I've received so many emails asking who this "man" is, here's a quick
summary of his antics to date.

(Compilation of stories found on the web. Simply do a google.com search)

Pace first came to Mount Carmel in 1973, after a falling-out with the Catholic Church had brought him close to committing suicide. He had offered God three days to send him a message, and on the third day, a Seventh-day Adventist picked him up as he hitchhiked in British Columbia.

Three years later, he was at Mount Carmel, learning the message of an Adventist offshoot, the Branch Davidians. After living at the site off and on until 1985, Pace left in a disagreement with church leaders, but not before warning members about Koresh, who then called himself Vernon Howell. Pace addressed the church for more than three hours, delivering what he dubbed "The Holy Ghost Message."

With George Roden out of the way, Pace and Koresh became contenders for the leadership in the Branch, along with Teresa Moore, who claimed the mantle of Lois Roden. But Koresh was at Mount Carmel; Pace was in Alabama; and Moore was in New York. Only a handful of Branch members took a stand against Koresh.

Pace fell back, confined to the edges of the movement, conducting his ministry to fellow members by letter and telephone.

On Feb. 28, 1993, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided Mount Carmel. When it did, Pace believed the predictions he had made in his 1984 Passover address were being confirmed.

He called the FBI, offering to speak to Koresh's flock. But the FBI declined his help, so Pace wrote to Koresh, hoping to get through. His 11th-hour admonition to his old rival contained lines that, hauntingly, would come true.

"If you refuse the fire of purification - the Holy Ghost Message," Pace's missive said, "you will receive the consuming fire of judgment that will destroy you and your followers root and branch. ... The Lord will have to purify Mount Carmel by fire."

His letter never was delivered. Mail service to Mount Carmel had been suspended, and Koresh's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, to whom Pace sent the message, chose not to show it to his client.

"I was getting quite a lot of mail and faxes and such at the time, and quite a lot of it was what I'd call 'nut' mail," DeGuerin explained.

Pace returned to Mount Carmel with his family in 1997, with the goal of educating the world on the true Davidian message — and because, to him, the land is sacred and a place where he and his family feel at peace.

Teresa Moore, who still considers herself the rightful successor to Lois Roden, now disputes Pace's 1984 claims from Pennsylvania.

"Vernon Howell," she said, "was at the other end of the camp and wasn't there when Pace spoke. Charles is a liar. As long as I've known him, he's been looking for honor, glory and what have you." Koresh follower Clive Doyle is equally skeptical.

"Now that David is gone, he's trying to pick up the pieces of the old church," Doyle observed. "I don't accept his doctrines." Doyle also lives at Mount Carmel, some 300 yards from Pace.

**Photo taken by Sharlene Shappart at 2002 memorial where Charlie
Pace was setting up a protest banner, trying to disrupt services.
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