https://abcnews.go.com/US/carl-lentz-wife-laura-cheating-scandal-healing-journey/story?id=110857428
For a decade, Carl Lentz was the lead pastor for the flagship New York City branch of the famous Australian megachurch, Hillsong. The brand was one of the fastest-growing religious movements on Earth.

https://rollingout.com/2024/06/04/why-pastors-caught-cheating-with-members/
The impact on the congregation. When pastors are caught cheating with church members, the impact on the congregation can be profound. Trust is shattered, faith is questioned, and the sense of

https://allthatsinteresting.com/famous-pastors-behaving-badly
13 Famous Pastors Caught Doing Unholy Things. Religion can be a wonderful thing. It can bring people together and get them through hard times. The people who lead the religions can also be wonderful individuals, serving as mentors, teachers, confidants, and friends. But, what happens when the ones people look up to, to guide them away from sin

https://people.com/why-carl-lentz-wife-laura-stayed-in-marriage-after-cheating-scandal-8658288
Carl Lentz 's wife Laura is opening up about why she chose to remain married to the former Hillsong pastor after his cheating scandal. It has been nearly four years since Carl, 45, was fired

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/hillsong-pastor-carl-lentz.html
May 19, 2023. The global megachurch Hillsong was known for its hipster trappings, celebrity congregants and wildly popular worship music in the 2010s, but in recent years it has been more closely

https://apnews.com/article/carl-lentz-fired-hillsong-cheats-on-wife-d1b5930e115c285f8caaecaf4a690c75
FILE - People pray during a service at Hillsong Church on Oct. 22, 2017, in New York. Carl Lentz, the pastor from the global megachurch, who once ministered to Justin Bieber and a bevy of other celebrities and sports stars, has been fired. He acknowledged on Instagram that he cheated on his wife. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) NEW YORK (AP) — Carl

https://howloveblossoms.com/how-to-get-over-an-affair-recovery-pastors-wife/
In Fallen Pastor: Finding Restoration In A Broken World, Ray Carroll takes a deep look into his own story of adultery and the stories of so many pastors like him, who lost so much in the wake of their choice to cheat on their wives.. Ray identifies the common decisions and cultural issues that continuously lead to the exact same outcome, issues such as isolation, the church mistress

https://preachitteachit.org/articles/pastoral-infidelity-problems-and-solutions/
I just read of four recent surveys of pastors (source is cited below). 14-18% of pastors admitted to an affair and an additional 18% admitted to an emotional affair. But because 14% of the pastors admitted that they lied on the survey, we can assume the rate of either physical or emotional infidelity among pastors is at about 40%.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-05-15/secrets-of-hillsong-carl-lentz-fx-documentary
Carl Lentz, Justin Bieber's former pastor who was just fired, apologizes for cheating on his wife as he faces a "hard ending" to his time at Hillsong Church. Nov. 5, 2020

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-11-05/hillsong-pastor-carl-lentz-admits-infidelity
Nov. 5, 2020 2:38 PM PT. Carl Lentz, a so-called pastor to the stars who baptized singer Justin Bieber in 2014, was fired Wednesday by Hillsong Church for reasons including what the megachurch

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pastor-john-gray-publicly-honors-120000203.html
November 10, 2020 · 3 min read. The Relentless church leader took to Instagram to show love to his wife Aventer Gray. Pastor John Gray is making headlines again for allegedly cheating on his wife

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2023/05/20/secrets-hillsong-church-documentary-carl-lentz-laura-leona-kimes-nanny/70228193007/
Lentz and Laura wed on May 5, 2003, when they were in their 20s. "You kind of think at that stage, getting married is going to fix a lot of the issues in your heart, like your desire to have sex

https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/16rc3p4/my_wife_cheated_on_me_with_our_pastor/
Active-Mud2563. ADMIN MOD. My wife cheated on me with our Pastor. She is an AP and has been having an affair with the Pastor for 7 months. I knew things were weird and she said they have had sex 4 times and went on a handful of dates. She said she's sorry for my hurt and that it came out like this, but she doesn't regret it.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1209957/carl-lentzs-cheating-scandal-woman-details-her-alleged-affair-with-fired-celebrity-pastor
Just two weeks after celebrity pastor Carl Lentz was fired from Hillsong Church, a woman has come forward claiming she had an affair with the disgraced figure. Ranin Karim, a 34-year-old jewelry

https://www.crosswalk.com/church/pastors-or-leadership/pastoral-infidelity-problems-and-solutions.html
Pastoral Infidelity: Problems and Solutions. Dr. Chet Weld Director of Pastoral Counseling at Casas Church, Tucson. Published Dec 22, 2011. Unfaithful pastors I've counseled have said things

https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/christianity/7-ways-pastors-unintentionally-cheat-on-their-spouses.aspx
Often, the cheating between a pastor and a member of the church was a result of spending more intimate time together. When a man and a woman travel to the same destination for a work event

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/24/1100958437/pastor-quits-adultery-woman-says-age-16-abuse
Screenshot by NPR. Pastor John Lowe II admitted a grave sin in an address to his church on Sunday, saying he committed adultery and asking for their forgiveness. But then things took a sudden and

https://familyfire.com/articles/why-pastors-have-affairs
November 1, 2023. "He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself" (Proverbs 6:32). Adultery is destructive, and when pastors break their sacred boundaries and abuse those they are supposed to serve, the reasons can be baffling to others. Sometimes, sadly, even most of the time when boundaries are violated, some clergy are

https://religionunplugged.com/news/2022/1/14/houston-megachurch-pastor-resigns-over-affair-the-latest-arc-planted-church-scandal
Hope City Church in Houston, Texas — once touted as the "fastest-growing church in American history" — announced earlier this month that its pastor, Jeremy Foster, has resigned due to an adulterous affair.. Foster's resignation is the latest in a series of scandals linked to the Association of Related Churches. ARC is one of the largest church planting organizations in North America.

https://foundationrestoration.org/2013/01/forgiving-the-cheating-pastor/
Forgiving the Cheating Pastor. In the fall of 2005 my husband Justin, the lead pastor of the church we planted in 2002, confessed he was having an affair with our children's director. She not only was a staff member but also my best friend of seven years. With one confession I lost my husband, my best friend and my church family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoYDVXexjtk
Watch how a North Carolina pastor was exposed for cheating with another pastor's wife at a hotel by a private investigator.

https://rollingout.com/2024/06/12/pastor-tony-evans-steps-down-restoration/
On June 9, 2024, the Christian community was met with the unexpected news that Pastor Tony Evans, the esteemed leader of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, ... Why pastors get caught cheating

https://www.openbible.info/topics/cheating_pastors
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff

https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianmarriage/comments/wjubm4/our_pastors_wife_cheated_with_youth_pastor/
Christian Marriage is a subreddit for marrieds, soon-to-be marrieds, daters, and singles for discussing all things related to marriage from a Christian perspective. It's a place where you can share your struggles and victories. A place where you can pray and encourage others. A place where you can testify about what God has done.

https://people.com/pastor-tony-evans-resigns-due-to-sin-committed-number-of-years-ago-8662906
Dr. Tony Evans has announced he is resigning as senior pastor of the Texas-based Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church after committing a sin "a number of years ago."

https://nypost.com/2024/06/15/lifestyle/dear-abby-my-friends-affair-is-interfering-with-our-business/
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have a friend, "Sophie," who is cheating on her husband of 25 years.Of course, this is not our business. But now, unbeknownst to her husband, she has incorporated

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/detroit-pastor-hosting-trump-defends-visit-amid-criticism-of-conservative-events-in-city/ar-BB1oh3MX
Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. "For him to have a community conversation, I thought it was an opportunity to be able to really give the least of these

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/06/03/rapper-bia-accuses-cardi-b-of-cheating-on-husband-offset-in-diss-track-what-to-know-about-their-beef/
The duo have traded disses on songs before, and the beef reached a boiling point earlier this year when fans accused Cardi B of stealing BIA's sound by sampling the same Missy Elliot song BIA

https://www.mediaite.com/news/ex-trump-official-makes-stunning-revelation-trump-talked-about-executing-people-at-several-wh-meetings/
Ex-Trump White House official Alyssa Farah Griffin told Mediaite that then-President Donald Trump discussed "executing" people at multiple White House meetings. In their wide-ranging interview