Justin Bieber’s pastor Carl Lentz only ‘confessed to cheating because he got caught’ following ‘years of infidelity’
JUSTIN Bieber’s pastor and close pal, Carl Lentz, allegedly only confessed to cheating on his wife “because he got caught” after “years of infidelity,” The Sun can exclusively reveal.
The famous ex Hillsong Church leader admitted today that the reason he was shockingly fired from the global institution was due to him being “unfaithful” during his 17-year marriage.
Carl, 41, issued a lengthy statement on Thursday that explained how he was guilty of “moral failure” following his termination from the megachurch.
He went on to apologize to his wife, Laura, and their three young children – along with members of Hillsong.
However, his sorrow did not sit well with one church leader who claimed to have known about his infidelity for years.
A woman who was involved with Hillsong for years before being “silenced” and “kicked out” exclusively told The Sun that the affairs have been going on since at least 2017 – and the church allegedly knew about them.
“My friend and I were leaders at the church so people came to us as their leaders about other transgressions with other leaders and Pastors, including Carl.
“Women came to us and said Carl was sleeping around with people who were members of the church,” a former Hillsong group leader claimed.
She continued: “There have been many sexual transgressions at Hillsong NYC. We tried to address them in 2017 and we were told that we were spreading gossip.
“We still tried to go to the pastors about it and we were dismissed. They knew exactly what we were saying… we weren’t threatening anything, just asking for answers.
“Looking for it to be looked into. But leaders and pastors couldn’t give us the time of day.
“We heard Carl was sleeping with people and we tried to address it the proper way within leadership…and it was swept under the rug.
According to the source, those that brought up Carl’s cheating at the time “were kicked out and told we were unfit for leadership.”
The ex Hillsong member concluded by speaking of the popular minister’s scandalous behavior.
“Carl is not brave in my eyes. I’m frustrated with his apology.
“There’s been over three years of this, he just finally got caught,” the insider alleged.
A rep for Carl was not immediately available for The Sun’s request for comment.
Carl found fame in recent years as an Instagram influencer in the controversial church, and for also mentoring singer Justin Bieber as he moved forward in his faith.
The Sorry singer became extremely close to Carl and he even moved in with him and his wife for a month in 2014.
Father-of-three Carl – who has been married to wife Laura since 2003 – was also close friends with Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Hailey Baldwin, and Oprah Winfrey.
On Thursday, Carl posted a family photo on Instagram and spoke of the honor he felt at leading the church, before sharing that when you “lead out of an empty place, you make choices that have real and painful consequences.”
He then admitted: ”I was unfaithful in my marriage, the most important relationship in my life and held accountable for that. This failure is on me, and me alone and I take full responsibility for my actions,” he said.
“I now begin a journey of rebuilding trust with my wife, Laura and my children and taking real time to work on and heal my own life and seek out the help that I need.
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“I am deeply sorry for breaking the trust of many people who we have loved serving and understand that this news can be very hard and confusing for people to hear and process.”
One day before, Hillsong founder and senior pastor Brian Houston said that the church was “very sad” to inform that Carl’s employment had been terminated.
“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 e-mail stated.
Carl first joined Hillsong in 2010 and co-founded the NYC branch that same year.