She Sat With the Dying - But Her Ordination Was Fake
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A laminated ordination certificate was found dry on a frosted park bench in December 2011, yet the seminary named on it had been closed for five years - and the woman it belonged to had created it herself. How did someone with two semesters of community college and a copy-shop job become the trusted bedside presence for dying patients for two and a half years, and why did she leave before anyone asked for answers?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from a small-town upbringing through volunteer work at a palliative care facility, the application that included unverifiable references and a forged credential, and the clinical observations that described an uncommon bedside skill. What held this deception and genuine comfort together, and what finally unraveled it?
Person: Vicki Williams
Date found: December 9, 2011
Facility: Cedarview palliative care
Education: two semesters at Harwick Community College
Conference: chaplaincy conference in St. Louis, October 2010
- The ordination certificate was dated June 2007 and issued by the Interdenominational Seminary of the Ozarks.
- Vicki began volunteering at Cedarview in May 2009 and was recommended for a part-time chaplain position in November 2009.
- The seminary named on the certificate had been closed for five years by the time the certificate was found.
- Vicki had attended Harwick Community College for two semesters and left with no degree.
- In April 2009 Vicki submitted an application to Cedarview listing two years of prior chaplaincy at “Riverbend Extended Care” and two references that could not be verified.
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