DEACON FILE LAW SUIT AGAINST PASTOR AFTER HE ADMITTED HAVING SEX WITH CHURCH MEMBERS

Deacons File Suit Against Pastor After He
Admitted to Having Sex with Church Members
Carrie Derricks

Deacons of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in
Alabama have filed suit against their pastor Juan
McFarland after he admitted to having sexual
intercourse with several women in the
congregation without informing them he had
AIDS. The pastor also confessed to drug use and
misuse of church funds.
According to the lawsuit, "The Defendant Juan D.
McFarland attempted to change the by-laws and
constitution of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist
Church by deception in an attempt to prevent the
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church from
terminating him as Pastor, in the event the church
members discovered his debauchery, sinfulness,
hedonism, sexual misconduct, dishonesty, thievery
and rejection of the Ten Commandments.”
McFarland has refused to step down from his
leadership position despite a church vote that
resulted 80-2 in favor of terminating the pastor.
The church has also filed suit against
McFarland’s ally, church member Marc Anthoni
Peacock. The Christian Post reports Peacock
threatened the deacons with taking advantage of
the so-called “castle doctrine” if they would
return to the church. The lawsuit states that
doctrine is in reference to shooting as self-
defense.
"The vast majority of the members of Shiloh
Missionary Baptist Church are afraid to go to
church for the fear of violence," the lawsuit
against Peacock says.
McFarland has not yet been charged with any
crimes; it is a Class C misdemeanor to knowingly
spread a disease in Alabama.