MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge says he will rule Thursday afternoon on whether to temporarily bar from the pulpit a pastor after he confessed to having sex with church members in the church building and neglecting to tell them he had AIDS.
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Charles Price heard arguments Thursday morning in a lawsuit filed by deacons and trustees of Montgomery’s Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, who want Rev. Juan McFarland removed as the church’s leader. They say the congregation voted to fire him Oct. 5, but he refused to step down.
McFarland attended the hearing without an attorney and had no comment inside or outside the courtroom.
In August and September, McFarland delivered sermons during which he confessed about his conduct. Some church leaders then organized the congregational vote to fire him.
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