Pastor Richards

Background

Pastor Richards is a fiery televangelist in Vice City, obsessed with money, doomsday and communism. He plays no part in the story missions.

Richards' broadcasts mix religion with fundraising, warnings of nuclear war and attacks on communism, making him one of the city's loudest media personalities.

Events of GTA Vice City

• Richards is heard on the city's talk radio, where his sermons and appeals for donations parody the right-wing preachers of the 1980s.
• According to his police profile, he has written several fabricated books, campaigns for a giant statue of himself and is suspected of embezzling church funds.

Personality

He is bombastic, hypocritical and paranoid about nuclear war.

His police file describes him as a hateful man whose sermons are mainly a way of raising money, and his obsession with doomsday and communism runs through his broadcasts.

Relationships

He has no known connection to Tommy Vercetti or the main characters.

Trivia

• He is one of the background personalities that give Vice City its satirical 1980s tone.
• His character satirizes the televangelist scandals of the 1980s.
• He is listed among the game's characters despite never meeting Tommy.