Former Pastor Juan Demetrius McFarland admitted to his congregation he has AIDS, all while pretending to be a man of God! The pastor shocked his Montgomery, Ala., congregation and the entire community with the admission that he had sex with several female church members while knowing that he had AIDS. McFarland revealed to church members at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church on Sept. 14, that he contracted HIV in 2003 and discovered in 2008 he had AIDS.
“The church was very accepting of Reverend McFarland and was willing to help him in any way possible,” Once the pastor, with 23 years of leadership, started revealing more and more on the following Sundays, members and leaders say they realized he had crossed the line.
“He concealed from the church that he had knowingly engaged in adultery in the church building with female members of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church while knowingly having AIDS,”
According to WSFA-TV in Montgomery, after the Sept. 14 announcement, McFarland confirmed everything he shared with the congregation, including sex with parishioners, the drug use and the mishandling of church money. WSFA reports that McFarland was removed as pastor of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday.
McFarland was removed as church pastor on Oct. 5. Still, church members say some congregation members are afraid to come forward and many others are concerned.
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