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Christian Post
BY LEONARDO BLAIR , CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
May 26, 2017
A third woman and former member of the now defunct Renew Ministries in New Braunfels, Texas, has alleged in a new lawsuit that former Pastor Terry Knighten took advantage of his position as spiritual leader and counselor to have sex with her, and is now seeking $1 million in damages.
The woman, Kristi, and her husband, Samuel Guerrero, who were wed by Knighten in 2011, accuse him in the lawsuit of conducting “a scheme of sexual exploitation” that caused repeated sexual contact between the disgraced pastor and Kristi Guerrero.
The lawsuit filed April 28 called Knighten “a sexual predator,” who groomed Kristi Guerrero before forcing her into “unreciprocated sexual intercourse” in May 2015 at his New Braunfels home which she was paid to clean, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
It charges that officials at Renew Ministries, formerly known as Celebrate Life Church, did not act when they became aware of Knighten’s alleged misconduct.
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