NEW: Megachurch hipster pastor grilled by his flock over alleged affair in leaked audio
, was confronted about a video that seemed to show him planting the kiss on the woman during a trip to Georgia.He said they had not been “sexual,” but confessed they had not exactly been chaste.“Yes, but caveat—never at any time when either of us was living with our spouses,” Smith replied.“When she’s not married and I’m not married, yeah, we hope to pursue each other,” he said.
As The Daily Beast reported last month, church staffers and congregants began to revolt against Smith after they discovered him at his home with the employee—him in his boxers and her in a towel.The video that Smith was grilled about was taken while the employee was staying at an Airbnb in Georgia, where she was getting counseling.
Smith, 41, is now on a sabbatical. During the meeting, he told volunteers he would return to the church—where seats were once packed but where just a few dozen attended a recent service.READ THIS LIST
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