![]() She was never told to reconcile anything, she said. ![]() Recently, lawyers involved in the internal investigation into Hillsong’s East Coast branch - launched after the firing of the adulterous Lentz - contacted Babbitt and asked if she ever had to explain the purchases she made with PEX cards, a typical step for all business card use. She was given access to a card, for the purpose of buying food for the children she baby-sat.Ĭelebrity pastor Carl Lentz’s alleged lover tells all: ‘I was a drug to him’ While the pair are now acrimoniously divorced, Herman’s former husband was the CFO of Hillsong LA, “so everything on the PEX cards had to be refilled through him,” she told The Post, confirming that “none of that money was coming from anywhere else” besides church tithes. Herman’s ex did not respond to a request for comment.įormer Hillsong congregant Jenna Babbitt, 27, began attending the church’s NYC branch in August 2011 and soon started nannying for various pastors, including Reed and Jess Bogard, who recently left the church under unknown circumstances. ![]() Former Hillsong congregants tell The Post that the megachurch’s pastors live decadent, excessive lifestyles. Pastors, including Lentz, got their own Hillsong credit cards in addition to the PEX cards they handed out to their volunteers. The PEX cards were reloadable and given to volunteers to make purchases for the church and pastors, said Herman, who left the church two years ago. “We had a team count the tithes after every service and they would allocate X amount of money for the PEX cards.” “I was instructed to fill them,” said Herman, who helped found the church’s California branch in 2013. The source of the funds was money donated or “tithed” by members, said former Hillsong LA service pastor Nicole Herman, who personally loaded the funds onto the PEX cards. Pastors and staff apparently freely used debit-like “PEX” - or pre-paid expense - cards for whatever their hearts desired, several former members and staff told The Post. Hillsong Church hit with $20M in lawsuits for damages, ‘immoral’ acts Indeed, it appears once-celebrity-beloved star pastor Carl Lentz - who was canned in November after admitting to cheating on his wife - wasn’t the only one with a fondness for costly kicks and million-dollar real estate. The pastors at scandalized Hillsong Church were anything but humble servants.Īs the Australia-based institution continues to come under fire for allegations of “ slave labor” and homophobia, ex-congregants and staff are now claiming that pastors used tithe money to help fuel their decadent lifestyles.Īt Hillsong NYC, many pastors frequently splurged on fancy restaurant meals, designer clothes and weekly manicures while living in the same Kent Avenue Williamsburg high-rise and zipping around the neighborhood on ATVs, disgusted former members told The Post. This failure is on me, and me alone and I take full responsibility for my actions.Disgraced celebrity pastor cheated with family nanny Hillsong Church doc details scandalĮx-Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz on ‘sobriety’ and ‘humiliation’ after cheating scandalĮx-Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz’s new megachurch accused of ‘inappropriate’ Easter serviceĭisgraced Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz hired by new church: ‘We believe in Carl’ ![]() I was unfaithful in my marriage, the most important relationship in my life and held accountable for that. The pastor, who was formerly close with Justin Bieber, wrote: ‘When you lead out of an empty place, you make choices that have real and painful consequences. In an Instagram post, Lentz confirmed that he had cheated on his wife Laura. The statement read: ‘This action has been taken following ongoing discussions in relation to leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures.’ ![]() In early November, Hillsong members received an email from Houston stating that Lentz, 42, would be leaving the Church, having launched the New York branch with Houston’s son Joel 10 years ago. The leaked chat allegedly took place on November 19. Hillsong general manager and director George Aghajanian was also reportedly present for the leaked conversation, and allegedly said the church was negotiating with Carl and Laura on a severance package, which they had not yet accepted. Carl admitted to cheating on Laura (Picture: Instagram) ![]()
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