ongoing Catholic Church sexual abuse cases hidden under Weakland's leadership which ended up bankrupting the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Personal Eliason was married to Freda M. Eliason (born 1935), and the father of three adult children - Andrew Carl Eliason (born about 1964), who is employed as an engineer at VCY; Ingrid J. Schlueter (born about 1966), former producer and co-host of the Crosstalk radio talk show on the VCY America Radio Network (resigned from VCY America in May 2011) ; and Lisa C. Eliason (born about 1968), both of whom formerly worked at the radio ministry. Eliason was the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree given at the 74th Annual Commencement exercises of Bob Jones University in May 2001. He was also a licensed pilot. He died of cancer on December 5, 2015 at the age of 79. References External links http://idlemindz.net/books/Encyclopedia%20of%20Evangelicalism.pdf Vic Eliason.org - Biography of Vic Eliason VCY America 1936 births 2015 deaths American radio personalities People from Fort Dodge, Iowa Religious leaders from Milwaukee American evangelicals American Christian creationists