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Longtime senior pastor Bob Coy has resigned from popular Fort Lauderdale megachurch Calvary Chapel — which has a reported membership of 20,000 — for “moral failure.”
Rumors swirled over the weekend about his departure, and suspicions grew as videos and mentions of Coy disappeared from the church website. On Sunday afternoon, staffers were called to a mandatory meeting in which church officials announced via prepared statement that Coy had left because of his sins. A special meeting for church members followed.
One blog reported that Coy had admitted to multiple affairs and a problem with pornography. His Facebook page lists his political views as “everyone’s a sinner.”
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Coy is from Michigan. He lived in Las Vegas before founding the Fort Lauderdale church.
Today it is reportedly the 14th-biggest church in America with assets of $135 million.
Insiders reported that “Coy confessed to key leaders on Wednesday. A board meeting was called on Thursday in which he confessed and resigned.”
Sunday afternoon the church released a statement that said:
Sunday night, the church Tweeted:
Coy’s Twitter has been silent since Wednesday.
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