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A pastor is rebuked in the middle of a sermon by a woman who says he abused her when she was 16

2022-05-26T12:42:30.360Z


The reverend of a church in Indiana was confessing that he was unfaithful when the alleged victim took the microphone. "He did things with my teenage body that I had never done nor should have done," he told the faithful.


A woman who was allegedly the victim of sexual abuse by the pastor of a church in Indiana, confronted the man while he confessed to his congregation that he had committed an infidelity.

The claim was recorded in a video that was posted on Facebook on Sunday when the Rev. John Lowe II was leading worship at New Life Christian Church & World Outreach in Warsaw.

"I committed adultery," the pastor told the audience, who details that it was 20 years ago.

"I have sinned. I need to say it, and you deserve to hear

it," he added.

After almost seven minutes of speech, a woman, who according to The Washington Post is now 40 years old, got up and took the microphone to correct the reverend and tell him that the events occurred 27 years ago and not 20.

“I was only 16 when he took my virginity from me on his office floor.

Do you remember that?

I know that yes”, assured the woman before the public.

According to the aforementioned publication, Lowe, 65, has been with his wife for 45 years.

The woman herself said that for years she blamed herself and that she had lived in a prison of "lies and shame" and even contemplated taking her own life.

“He did things to my teenage body that I never had and never should have done,” she added.

Pastor John Lowe prays during the Indiana Pastors Alliance prayer rally at the Statehouse on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in Indianapolis.Darron Cummings/AP

The church in question published a statement after what happened in which it affirms that the woman had attended the church with her family to tell what happened and that she said that the events occurred since she was 16 and continued until she was 20. " He described with tears in his eyes that he lived with deep shame and pain," the text reads.

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"In the wake of what has now been revealed, we are hurt and heartbroken for a woman who has lovingly attended and served the church for many years, as well as her husband and family," the church added.

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The woman recently told congregation leaders what had happened to the pastor, after her brother told her that decades later he hadn't been able to erase the image of his 16-year-old sister and their pastor in bed, she says. The Washington Post.

After she finishes speaking, the people begin to rebuke the pastor, asking him if he did what the woman says, the man replies that he did, that he was with her when she was 16 years old.

"I can't do anything about it except tell you if she could just go back and redo it all

," he added.

Then a man intervenes and several people come to pray with the pastor while others sit and watch the scene.

Local prosecutors are investigating what the woman reported, according to the local CBS affiliate.

On Monday, May 23, the pastor submitted his resignation to the Church.

NBC News, sister network of Noticias Telemundo, tried to contact the man but has not received a response.

Source: telemundo

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