UPDATE:: Founder of Florida's Biggest Megachurch Accused of Molesting a 4-Year-Old
The call came from California. A woman told Coral Springs Police she had recently learned something terrible: A South Florida man had molested her daughter for years. It began when the girl was just 4 years old.
An officer noted the information and called the victim, who was then a teenager. She confirmed the story in stomach-churning detail.
The man had forced her to perform oral sex, she said. He would regularly "finger and fondle her" genitals, make her touch his penis, and "dirty talk" to her. The abuse lasted until she was a teenager, she told the cop. She'd never even told her family about the crimes.
By the end of that harrowing call on August 20, 2015, police knew the accused predator was no ordinary suspect. His name was Bob Coy, and until the previous year, he'd been the most famous Evangelical pastor in Florida.
A Florida megachurch minister has resigned from his position of senior pastor after he recently admitting to cheating on his wife.
Bob Coy, 58, led Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, which is considered one of the largest churches in Florida. Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale has approximately 200,000 members across its ten satellite locations in the state. He also maintained a television and radio broadcast, which have now been suspended, along with all of his sermons on the church website.
Calvary Chapel issued a statement on Sunday outlining that Coy had resigned “after confessing to a moral failing in his life which disqualifies him from continuing his leadership role at the church.” Local media reports that the “moral failing” centers around Coy’s admission of being unfaithful to his wife.
“Pastor Bob will be focusing his full attention on his personal relationship with God and with his family,” the statement from the church outlined. “The governing board of the church is providing counselors and ministers who will help guide him through the process of full repentance, cleansing and restoration.”
Florida Megachurch Minister Resigns After Confessing to ‘Moral Failing’ | Christian News Network
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