Archbishop Earl Paulk has died. You will recall that the evangelical pastor's leadership of one-time megachurch the Cathedral at Chapel Hill ended in a sex scandal when Mona Brewer filed a lawsuit alleging that the two had engage in an adulterous relationship spanning 14 years. Atlanta Medical Center said Archbishop Earl Paulk, who was in his 80s, died early Sunday. The hospital could not release a cause of death, but he had been in bad health for the past couple of years after a battle with cancer. Paulk co-founded the Cathedral at Chapel Hill in Decatur and helped grow it to a peak membership ...
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The founder and leader of a megachurch in Atlanta, Georgia has been swept up in a series of sex scandals and following a federal perjury investigation, he has been found to have slept with his brother’s wife and fathered a child by her. Archbishop Earl Paulk , 80 years old, has been investigated in a series of scandals both financial and sexual recently. Mr. Paulk’s megachurch grew into a massive media institution in the early 90’s. At one point it had over 10,000 members, 24 pastors, a Bible college, two schools, a worldwide TV ministry and a fortress of a sanctuary. How did it ...
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Mona Brewer has spoken out about alleged sexual abuse and harassment by Earl Paulk. Her story has been highlighted in mainstream media and is starting to get more attention. One positive result is increased awareness about these types of cases and the potential abuse of religious trust and power. Religion News Blog posted this transcript of the Paula Zahn / Mona Brewer segment: THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: And good evening, everyone. Appreciate your joining us. […] Tonight’s “Eye Opener,” sex for salvation, a trusted ...
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"I was just overwhelmed, because that was such a great opportunity," Brewer said of her encounter with Paulk. "I mean, he was awesome. I mean, everybody wanted to talk to him. And he just invited me to his office to talk to him for a few minutes. And that was really incredible." "He said, ‘well, I guess you will just have to take your clothes off, because I'm going to have to love you.’ Whoa. And I thought, oh, God. You know, I didn't want to do it, but what choice did I have? I mean, I have been taught for all these years ...
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MONA BREWER, FORMER CHAPEL HILL HARVESTER CHURCH MEMBER: He said, well, I guess you will just have to take your clothes off because I'm going to have to love you.
Mona Brewer filed her first lawsuit against Bishop Earl Paulk in 2005. She alleged that the leader of the Chapel Hill Harvester Church in DeKalb County sexually abused and ...
Mona Brewer filed her first lawsuit against Bishop Earl Paulk in 2005. She alleged that the leader of the Chapel Hill Harvester Church in DeKalb County sexually abused and ...
FOX News - The archbishop, his brother and the church are being sued by former church employee Mona Brewer, who says Earl Paulk manipulated her into an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was h