The pastor allegedly admitted to having adulterous relationships with some females members on church grounds, taking church money for business trips and not bothering to go, abusing illegal drugs while pastoring, contracting HIV in 2003 and receiving an AIDS diagnosis in 2008
We really do not know if that is the case for an Alabama pastor who recently started church sermon with series of his misdeeds that shocked his congregation at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Montgomery.
Juan McFarland standing on the pulpit allegedly admitted to having adulterous relationships with some females members on church grounds, taking church money for business trips and not bothering to go, abusing illegal drugs while pastoring, contracting HIV in 2003 and receiving an AIDS diagnosis in 2008.
Reporting the incident, local media says it is not clear whether McFarland, who has led the church since 1990, told his numerous sex partners about his STD status but at least one of them plans to take an HIV test.
"Who does this to people, and you are the leader? Who does this?" a church member told a reporter. "I know a young lady who is a member of the church who says she has slept with him… and she running out now trying to find out if there is anything wrong with her."
Daily News revealed that first jaw-dropping sermon took place on Sept. 14 but two more followed. On Sunday, the deacons unanimously voted to remove McFarland as pastor.
Nathan Williams Jr., 80, who has attended Shiloh since he was just a boy, confirmed that many church-goers were stunned but not everyone was angry, AL.com said.
"As Christian people, we wanted him to get well," he told the news site. "I thought of him as one of my sons."
Williams added that he does not know whether McFarland still has his other position as moderator of the 34-church Alabama Middle District Missionary Baptist Association.
About 160 people attend Shiloh every Sunday.
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