ALABAMA
WTOC
By Tametria Conner
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – A lawsuit is now pending in Montgomery Circuit Court against the embattled pastor of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church who refuses to step down from his position even after being voted out by church members by an 80-1 margin.
Juan Demetrius McFarland was removed from his leadership role by the church after he made several pulpit confessions in which he admitted to sexual relations with congregants inside the church building while knowingly having AIDS, to drug abuse and to mishandling of the church’s finances.
Just moments after McFarland was voted out, a disturbance erupted in which Montgomery police were called to the church. Police say subjects refused to leave the property but the issue was
But even after being forced out, McFarland, as well as a second defendant identified as Marc Anthoni Peacock, are alleged to have changed the church’s locks and bank account access. Peacock is also said to have informed the church’s Board of Deacons that if they tried to attend the church, he would use “castle law”, meaning he would shoot them.
The attorney for the deacons who are suing for McFarland’s removal says he arrived at the church on Sunday October 12 with a prepared sermon on divine healing.
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