Cowan & Eavesdropper ALERT!!!!!

Perp Alert

Rick Wells


https://www.facebook.com/rick.wells.524?fref=ts



Rick applied to the United Grand Lodge of England’s Internet Lodge under false pretense; on his application he stated that he was a member of Roger Hughes Lodge No. 624 Prince Hall Affiliated, Rick Wells knew that this lodge fell under the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas which has recognition with the United Grand Lodge of England.


Rick Wells has never been a member of a Prince Hall Lodge in Texas or any other state; he is a member of a clandestine lodge called St. John Lodge #23 which falls under

Mt. Carmel Grand Lodge
1704 East 12th Street
Austin, TX

“Mr Wells lied on his petition saying that he is a member of Roger Hughes Lodge no. 624, Prince Hall Affiliated, in Austin, TX.

This lie enabled him to be admitted into a UGLE lodge. He used his membership to gain admission to a regular mainstream lodge in Cambridge MA dressed in the regalia of the UGLE jurisdictionâ€


Guard your lodges’ doors and fully examine every visitor that attends.



NOTE:

THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE WEST GATE BE GUARDED BY KNOWLEDGEABLE BROTHERS, AND WHY CAUTION SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED WHEN IN THE PRESENCE OF PERSONS WHO MASONIC STATUS IS UNKNOWN OR QUESTIONABLE.




Frat,

He visited a lodge in Boston, that was a Cambridge Lodge. We have alerted brethren from Cambridge and Massachusetts about this person. Thanks for posting.

Update from IL 9659:

Ricardo David Wells has been excluded for bringing the name of the Lodge into disrepute by fraudulently attempting to gain admission into The United Grand Lodge of England and Internet Lodge 9659 in particular.

Yeah, this guy is not a Prince Hall Mason...Mt. Carmel grand lodge is not PHA...bogus!

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trysquare said:

Update from IL 9659:

Ricardo David Wells has been excluded for bringing the name of the Lodge into disrepute by fraudulently attempting to gain admission into The United Grand Lodge of England and Internet Lodge 9659 in particular.

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I AM most happy to hear that Internet Lodge #9659 was able to quickly rectify the matter once it realized the fraud perpetrated against it, the UGLE and Freemasonry in general.

Frat,

I find this very bizarre. Once he figured out his jurisdiction is clandestine all he needed to do was find a regular jurisdiction and petition for healing. Now there's no way he'll be accepted for healing. The mind set is so alien to me.

Brother Doug, I believe he knew he was a Cowan all along.

Brother JC,

Lying about his membership and listing a regular lodge for his membership makes it certain he's a Cowan. Faking membership is the primary meaning of the word as we use it. Whether he knew his mother lodge to be clandestine when he first petitioned is irrelevant at this point.

I've read about cowans and I never got the point. Fake your way into a meeting? What for? Why not petition for healing? We have healed members on this forum. It must be like I've read from Dave Ramsey - "You don't have to get it, you just have to get it" meaning I don't have to understand it I just have to accept that it happened. It's one of the mysteries of the universe that humans act so strangely.

Why do men fake being anything perceived to be "better" or more well-respected? Like a Marine, or a SEAL. I certainly don't have an answer, but that doesn't change the fact that he did it, knowingly. Perhaps for status, perhaps for profit (sell you a degree and a charter for 30k )

Is it that anyone who is not of pH is not a mason?

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laruewhite said:

Is it that anyone who is not of pH is not a mason?

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No, its not that PHA ( Prince Hall Affiliated) lodges are the offspring of African Lodge #459.. warranted by the Grand Lodge of England..forebearer of United Grand Lodge of England. Therefore technically speaking PHA lodges who trace their lineage to the MWPHGL of MA, would regular even though we call ourselves Prince Hall Affiliated..I recognize my regular and or mainstream brethren as I'm obligated to do and as my heart has love for all my brethren. The term that the only mason is a Prince Hall mason is wrong. God Bless

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laruewhite said:

Is it that anyone who is not of pH is not a mason?

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http://thephylaxis.org/bogus/

Here's a write up on various groups that use the Prince Hall name without having valid lineage to African Lodge 459. Claiming to be Prince Hall does not equal actually being Prince Hall. Note that most but not all members of clandestine lodges have no idea the lodge they petitioned is clandestine. This thread is about a man who definitely knows - He listed membership in a regular PHA lodge near him rather than his own clandestine membership to gain admission to our assemblies.

Apparently, Rick Wells is still at it; perpetrating himself as a legitimate "Regular" Freemason when he is anything but that.

He is identified as a member of United Grand Lodge of England, which he is NOT, and he submitted forged/ fraudulent documents claiming he was a member of the MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas in attempting to become a member of UGLE before he was found out by UGLE and sent on his way.


READ THE NEWS ARTICLE!!!

We are trying to determine what newspaper or publication this notice is in.


Brothers, this is becoming serious due to the disrepute these BOGUS individuals bring to the Craft and for the general confusion it creates for the general public.

The list of Grand Lodges being defrauded by this individual grows. As of this moment, his actions are an encroachment of the sovereignty of the following Grand Lodges and their territory:


Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas F&AM

Grand Lodge of Texas

United Grand Lodge of England

Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of California F&AM

Grand Lodge of California



Being forewarned is being forearmed!!! Govern yourselves accordingly!



Frat,

This is a perfect example of the importance of knowing the people who want to take a picture with you. It looks like Mr. Wells makes a habit of taking pictures with others while he is dressed in any given form of regalia, perhaps using the photos to give himself a surface-level appearance of regularity.

Does anyone know this Past Potentate of Ben Hur? I assume the photo is older and he's already out of office.

Wow this guy is a mess.

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tldubb said:

Wow this guy is a mess.

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I have been unable to determine who is the bigger "mess", the bogus guys that are "great pretenders", or ineffective Masonic leadership that has allowed this foolishness to go on for so long. And I AM not choosing any side, as both GL's (PHA & Regular GL's) in the United States have shown that they have selected many incompetent leaders lacking any intestinal fortitude or a true moral compass in many instances.

As long as this was viewed as a "Black" problem, mainstream Freemasonry in America ignored it, until there started being encroachments by bogus/ illegitimate groups made up of Europeans such as RGLE (Regular Grand Lodge of England), who cannot explain what makes them so regular to anyone that asks. It was ignored for years due to men of color in general (and Prince Hall GL's) not being viewed as competent or qualified to receive the degrees of Freemasonry, when nothing could be further from the TRUTH.

These bogus groups have merged and/ or are working together, something they have not traditionally done in the past.

So that means we, as legitimate, regular, recognized Freemasons better step our games up or learn the new rules and adjust accordingly to combat this problematic epidemic we now have on our hands.


Frat,

ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS ANOTHER UPDATE TO THIS STORY WHICH IS BECOMING ONGOING

A man by the name of Weston Jarvis (how he is indentified) from Houston, Texas claims that he too is a member of Internet Lodge 9659, warranted under the United Grand Lodge of England.

Now, I know for a fact that Weston Jarvis nor Rick Wells are members of Internet Lodge 9659 because that is the lodge I presently hold membership in.

Now, I ask you all, where does it end? The lies, fraud and whatever else???


Govern Yourselves accordingly!!!

http://www.myfreemasonry.com/showthread.php/21414-Clandestine-Mason-as-Provincial-Grand-Master

bupton52 reported something very similar a few months ago.