INDIANA
Shreveport Times
Written by
Douglas Stanglin
Gannett
An Indiana sheriff’s office is investigating alleged misconduct by the pastor of an evangelical megachurch who was fired after admitting to an “improper relationship” with a teenage girl, the Hammond Post-Tribune reports.
Jack Schaap, 54, was pastor at 15,000-congregation First Baptist Church of Hammond, Ind., for 11 years and broadcast his sermons worldwide.
The church said in a news release that Schaap committed “a sin that has caused him to forfeit his right to be our pastor,” the Associated Press reports.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Department says it is investigating the alleged misconduct but does not expect to file charges, the Post-Tribune reports.
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