Not coincidentally, Melton is founder and chairman of ISAR (Institute for the Study of American Religion), and is a CESNUR boardmember (chairman of CESNUR USA).
Melton had earlier made the comment that, when the media reports scandal stories about religious movements the substance of such stories normally proves to be less than the extent of the allegations; in this case, however, the evidence showed the actions of the movement to be even greater than had originally been rumored.
Melton, raised a Methodist in Alabama, is a religious studies researcher at the University of California, at the opposite end of Santa Barbara.
Melton Mowbray or Melton is a town of around 40,000 people in the borough of Melton north-east Leicestershire, England, 15 miles from Leicester and 105 miles north of London.
Melton Mowbray is best known for being the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pies, which are filled with sage-flecked, tiny chunks of pork, glistening in rich pork jelly, and encased in a freestanding, crisp, golden pastry crust.
The Melton Mowbray Town Estate was founded at the time of the reformation, in 1549, when two townsfolk sold gold seqeuestered from the church and bought land to be held in trust for all inhabitants.