Tom Papania

Tom Papania (born May 30, 1944) maternal grandson of Joe Masseria, is a Christian evangelist and founder of God's Saving Grace Ministries who claims to have been a high-ranking enforcer in the Gambino crime family before his religious conversion.
Papania states in his testimony that, starting at age 17, he worked his way up the Gambino crime family first working for Carlo Gambino and then directly for mafia boss Paul Castellano. In 1984 he had a Road to Damascus experience and then turned to Jesus Christ, and away from crime. He states that he was charged and sent to Atlanta federal penitentiary to await trial, but that fter a year, he was set free. According to his testimony, Papania has worked as an evangelist and speaker throughout the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
Papania was once interviewed by James Dobson of Focus on the Family.

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