A Tennessee pastor has stepped down from the pulpit and shut down his church after being accused of having a sexual relationship with an underage churchgoer.
According to Ministry Watch, Pastor Chris Watts stepped down from Life Change Church after a local newspaper interviewed a 19-year-old woman who accused him of starting an inappropriate sexual relationship with her three years ago, when she was a member of a youth group he led in Louisville.
“I know these past several weeks have been difficult,” Watts told his congregation in a Facebook post, according to Ministry Watch. “I am so sorry for the pain and hurt many of you have experienced as a result of my past sin.”
Watts founded Life Church in 2017 as a Southern Baptist denomination but left the convention after reports of his sexual abuse.
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