Celebrity pastor Carl Lentz has been terminated from his position at Christian megachurch Hillsong. Hillsong Church founder and Global Senior Pastor Brian Houston announced the news on Wednesday.
Lentz is known for his A-list friends, most notably Justin Bieber, whom he told GQ he baptized in 2015. Houston said in a statement that the decision to terminate Lentz — who has been a pastor at Hillsong since 2010 — was not taken lightly and was done in the best interests of everyone, including Lentz himself. “This action has been taken following ongoing discussions in relation to leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures,” the statement reads in part. “It would not be appropriate for us to go into detail
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