Posted on 09/16/2024 9:32:17 AM PDT by Morgana
2|42 Community Church members were in shock after discovering that their much loved Worship Pastor Director, Will Johnson, was arrested and fired over the weekend for allegedly being a super perverted peeping tom and placing a hidden camera in the church bathroom.
In a letter sent to members by the Michigan-area megachurch, which has seven locations across the state, they share that after discovering the hidden camera “inside a non-public unisex bathroom” in the backstage area of their Brighton campus, which people of all ages would have used, Johnson, who has a wife and a young daughter, confessed and was immediately terminated.
“Church leadership quickly notified the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, who arrested Will Johnson last night. At this time, we are not aware of the full scope of this crime, but we are fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation.”
The church writes that they are “shocked and deeply saddened by this situation as the protection, safety and privacy of every person who enters our church is our priority” and that their commitment is to be “fully transparent and care for all victims of this crime.”
During yesterday’s service, which was not live-streamed but made available later, the elder team shared with the church the details of the incident, noted that they hired a third party to sweep all their campuses for other electronic devices, brought on mental health professionals and counselors for congregants to talk to after the service, and offered prayers for Johnson, that he might be saved, and Johnson’s family, that they would know they are loved and would be cared for.
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So, was he trying to peep on the little girls, or the little boys?
One more reason I no longer trust the “mega-churches.” There are too many places for perverts to hide.
Don’t know it does not say.
Could someone look this up on the wild wild world of web and find out? I’m sure there is more news out there somewhere.
I don’t know, but I do know this: he is a pervert.
My impression of mega churches just went down a bit given what the peeping pastor did, but back up a bit because it seems the situation was handled forthrightly (rather than swept under the rug).
to be “fully transparent and care for all victims of this crime.”
Better get out the church checkbook. There’s going to be a lot of “care” in your future.
Well,it’s not like we haven’t been warned.
[15] “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
Matthew 7:15 NLT
“My impression of mega churches just went down a bit given what the peeping pastor did....”
Wow, that’s an awfully broad brush your painting with there my friend.
/sarc
That is it! I had a great opinion of mega churches until this one case of bad behavior and then my opinion plummeted to the basement.
If I had said that, then your observation would have been well grounded.
But of course it went up a bit too, as I mentioned, because the church handled it well--much better than many other cases I heard about. So I have a narrow eraser too.
There’s a story like this almost on a daily basis! So called “churches” and “pastors” are more corrupt than government and politicians.
Not surprising when you think about it - they’re cut from the same cloth!
Youll be fine; Catholics are quite used to it.
And you have to use both sides.
Not shocking. Seems like a daily occurrence with news of these types.
A story about a mega-church turned into an anti-Catholic hit.
You must be so proud.
Yes.
How is stating that Catholics are used to getting painted with a broad brush a “anti-Catholic” hit?
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