Knights of the North Masonic Scandal

It is now being brought to light that the Knights of the North was formed by EXPELLED Indiana Masons Christopher Hodapp and Jeffrey Naylor. The whole thing was a ploy to get sympathy while they secretly worked with Alain Bauer to try and convince the Grand Orient of France to help them start a new lodge in Indiana.

Many of you may not know that these guys were expelled a few years ago. If you're interested in more details about it, and how they entered into a cabal to defame other Masons in order to get reinstated, you can read my other post.

It's ironic that these same chumps now act so self-righteous about their oaths and obligations when just a few years ago they were plotting and scheming to get revenge on the Grand Master of Indiana that expelled them.

What about honesty? Integrity? Truth? Why not be real men and do what you believe is right? Why not openly stand up for what you believe? (Cowards!)

Instead they go and hide behind the veil of anonymity and openly attack brothers who have the courage to take action and try to bring an end to the corruption in Freemasonry.

This probably tells you all you need to know about the Knights of the North but...

Is it true that Chris Hodapp and his wife belong to the same lodge? How can that be? I thought... errr... never mind. Hodapp is above and beyond the rules that most Masons are told to abide by. He's an exception. So don't follow his lead or you will be expelled because you're not as "special" as he is.

We must work from within...

"We must work from within mainstream Freemasonry to fix it" has been the plea of men such as Chris Hodapp and Edward King, and groups like the Knights of the North, while all along the looting of Masonic funds and real estate continues from within. The latest news from New York is that another Grand officer has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. This is just one in a long and growing list of similar events throughout mainstream Freemasonry.

Just a few years ago two Master Masons under the Grand Lodge of Kentucky were expelled by the Grand Master for questioning the finances at the Kentucky Masonic Home. The Boston Herald reported that up to $1.5 million dollars had been embezzled from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Multiple Arkansas Masons have been expelled in a purge by the Grand Lodge, after questioning financial and real estate dealings. (This issue is now in court.) The Orlando Sentinel reported financial misconduct at the headquarters of the Shrine in Tampa. Then there was the seizing of a lodge and all its assets in New Jersey reported by Bro. Fred Milliken. This is just a short list of some of the events that have been made public. How much else lies hidden away? How many other Masons have been expelled for asking questions, and then just left without saying a word?

The intelligent Mason might start to ask some reasonable questions at this point. "Are those who tell us to work from within a part of a larger cover-up of corruption?"

I have first hand experience dealing with the corruption. Our lodge was almost the victim of a corrupt real estate scheme by high ranking Masons. It's a very real and damaging problem for American Freemasonry.

If we objectively look at what's taking place in the Craft we see that there are a handful of Internet Masons that rail against those brothers who come forward to report the corruption. They use character assassination and mis-information to derail any meaningful discussion of the problem. We all know who they are but do we know and understand their motives? They claim to be working in the best interest of Masonry, but how is covering up fraud, collusion, extortion, and embezzlement helping preserve Freemasonry? How does silencing the discussion when good brothers are expelled for asking questions about the finances benefit American Freemasonry?

Have we allowed all the good moral men and Masons to be expelled or declared "clandestine" by those who are at the heart of the corruption?

It seems to me that following Ed King, Chris Hodapp and the Knights of the North has only accelerated the corruption. They try to stop us from asking the hard and necessary questions, and openly attack those who do.

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"Well ain't it a shame 'bout our short little memory
We never seem to learn the lessons of history
We keep making the same mistakes - over and over and over and over again
And then we wonder why we're in the shape we're in"

- The Eagles, Long Road Out of Eden

Edward King: Master Character Assassin and Cyber-Bully

"He's SO Grand!" is a character assassination web page created by Edward King on his website Masonicinfo.com. Mr. King specilaizes in character assassination and serves the Masonic and financial interests of Chris Hodapp and S. Brent Morris. If you don't belive me - keep reading.  :-)

http://masonicinfo.com/grandgrand.htm

A PDF copy is provided as evidence.

The Knights of the North

Masonic Character Assassins

Where did the Knights of the North originate? They were formed when Christopher Hodapp and Jeffrey Naylor were all  unceremoniously expelled by edict of the Grand Master of Indiana. During the period when they were expelled they formed the anonymous "Knights of the North" as a means of revenge on the old foggies who had expelled them. They produced the paper "Laudable Pursuit" to make the group appear to have a noble cause and purpose. At the same time they were also secretly talking with Alain Bauer, Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France, about starting Grand Orient lodges here in the United States. They received copies of the French Modern Rite rituals and then began to share them with others.

At the same time, Bro. Jeff Peace, was in Georgia pointing out Masonic corruption within the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite - Southern Jurisidction. S. Brent Morris, an employee of the Southern Jurisidction, went looking for allies within the young Mason community. He found ready allies in the expelled Hodapp, Naylor, and Schmitz. In a post to the Scottish Rite discussion forums Morris, Naylor and Hodapp talk about what to do with Peace. Morris replies "Don't worry about Peace, Ed King will take of him in his typical fashion."

What could Brent Morris mean when he says "typical fashion"? It almost sounds like a mafia-like hit being called for. Today, it is clear that Morris was referring to a character assassination campaign, and Hodapp and his co-conspirators were all too eager to participate.

So here we have the core of the Knights of the North conspiring with an employee of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite - Southern Jurisidction, to engage in a smear and character assassination campaign against a regular mainstream Master Mason in Georgia. Is that the "morality" taught by mainstream Freemasonry? Would you want to associate with people engaged in this type of nefarious activity?

Freemasons for Dummies and Idiots

Chris Hodapp wasn't a Masonic scholar, and to the educated Mason he still isn't. His writing of Freemasons for Dummies was a matter of circumstance, not qualification. At the time Hodapp was running an apartment complex in Indiana, and he jumped at the opportunity to write a book.

At about the same time Brent Morris began work on Freemasons for Idiots.

Edward King Sued for Libel and Slander

During this same period Mr. King was sued for libel and slander by Gregory Perry, a Florida resident, and business competitor. Mr. King used his webiste (MasonicInfo) to attack a business competitor with same type of charcter assassination tactics he uses on Masons. This time he was brought to justice. King was forced to remove the content about Mr. Perry and settled out of court for an undiclosed sum.

The Character Assassination Campaign Commences

Working with Morris, Hodapp and others King began an all-out character assassination campaign against Bro. Jeff Peace, which eventually led to him being unceremoniously expelled like Hodapp and his friends had been. Unfortunately, Peace would be used as a tool by their cabal to create an atmosphere of fear within American Freemasonry. It was the beginning of a dark period for the Craft. Freedom of speech was censured, along with freedom of association. It was as if Joseph Stalin had risen from the grave.

The "new" Freemasonry brought about by Hodapp, King, Morris, the Knights of the North, and others was a brotherhood cemented together by fear. No longer were Freemasons free to express their opinions openly, or question what was taking place in the fraternity. Anyone who opposed the cabal would face immediate character assassination.

Every Internet Mason knows what I'm talking about. They have seen it happen to their friends, or in some cases it may have happened to them personally. It's not a fraternity anymore but a cult of fear created to serve the interests of a few angry and hate-filled men.

Halcyon Lodge

Halcyon Lodge is a young and progressive group that admired both the Knights of the North and the Masonic Restoration Foundation. We were already doing the same things as other Traditional Observance Lodges. We wanted to join forces with them until we were told the "rules". First we had to sell our souls to the devil and agree to destroy Jeff Peace. (At the time none of us had even heard of him.) Secondly, we had to take our marching orders from the Knights of the North.

We were appalled by what we had been asked to do. So we contacted Peace to get some perspective. It was then that we realized just how vicious the Knights were, and we immediately backed away from having anything to do with them. Little did we know at the time but in the near future King, Hodapp and the Knights of the North would be attacking Halcyon.

He's SO Grand

Take a good long hard look at this web page and think about its true purpose. Is it providing useful factual information, or is it just a smear campaign?

FACTS: The dates of Grand Masters service is wrong, except for Slifko. He was expelled for violating a treaty. The Grand Orient USA was founded in December of 2005 as the United Grand Lodge of America.

Peace served out the remainder of Slifko's term and then was re-elected to two full terms. Grand Orient USA elections have always been held in either April or May.

Dale Brown was elected at the normal time.

Jeff Peace didn't resign or leave the Grand Orient USA. He began working on the Constitutions for 2012 and helping to get Halcyon Charities better organized.

The Grand Orient of France holds annual elections each September for Grand Officers and the voting members of the Council of the Order. The election is open to all Master Masons, and is one of the most democratic in the modern Masonic world.

The whole page is nothing but propaganda interlaced with character assassinations of good men and Masons.

Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth

Real Freemasonry is about Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. All of these are missing from the website of Mr. King and the actions of Chris Hodapp and the Knights of the North.

At Halcyon we cherish these concepts and will forever fight to preserve them.

To learn more about the real Bro. Jeff Peace visit his personal Masonic blog: Tracing Board.