New Life Church in Colorado Springs has asked two more pastors to resign over their handling of information related to former Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris’ alleged sexual abuse of Cindy Clemishire in the 1980s. After the Sunday worship service, members of the megachurch’s board of elders announced in a frequently asked questions document distributed to congregants that they had asked executive pastors Lance Coles and Brian Newberg to resign, The Christian Post reported.
The decision comes after the church asked their senior pastor, Brady Boyd, to resign for misleading the church about his knowledge of Morris’ alleged abuse.
When Boyd was announced as a finalist in the senior pastor search in 2007, both Coles and Newberg served on a nine-member search committee, which, at the time, had received a report from Clemishire’s sister about the alleged abuse.
“Brian and Lance raised some concerns about Robert Morris becoming involved with New Life. When Brady dismissed their concerns and appointed Robert Morris to be an overseer and began inviting Morris to preach, Brian and Lance had a responsibility to bring their concerns — and the reasons behind them — directly to…
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