North Megachurch pastor Andy Stanley denied allegations 19 years ago that he knew that Orange founder Reggie Joyner had a pattern of sexually abusing. Earlier this month, Christian Podcaster Daniel Strickland Published a statement She was groomed and sexually abused by Orange founder Reggie Joyner, who voluntarily resigned on April 17, 2024 after acknowledging “inappropriate adult relationships in the past,” including former Orange CEO Kristen Ivy. Ivy later Recognised The relationship was sexual abuse and she realized that she wasn’t the “only one.”
“I am one of multiple survivors of Reggie’s past inappropriate adult relationships.“ A survivor who posted about Joyner on April 10 said. “I was 15 when Reggie started grooming me for a relationship. It made me sexual when I was legally an adult.“
She also claimed that the Reconsideration Committee “did down the reality of what happened in my life. in The lives of other survivors of Reggie’s abuse. ”
About Stanley, the son of the late pastor Touch Ministries Founder, Charles Stanleyshe said when Joyner began to abuse her when she was a teenager and worked for staff at Atlanta Area North Point Community Church, where he was Stanley’s pastor.
The woman further claimed that Stanley had noticed. Joiner “Cell phone record”“ In 2006, “I gave me evidence of stalker-like behavior,” Stanley said, “Run as much as I can from the Joyner family.”“ At that year’s meeting.
She alleged that Stanley “allowed Reggie to resign from North Point at an honor and public celebration.“ Rather than holding Joyner responsible, he “will not name him that he knows he is true: Reggie has been a sexual predator for decades.”
In a video posted last week, Stanley, who spoke with Kendra Fleming (the executive director of Family Ministries) in North Point, and Debbie Cause counselor (the director of care) who was licensed in the allegations, said they believe in the survivor’s account. He denied that he was aware of the abuse at the time.
“(The woman’s description) leaves the impression that we were accessories to her abuse,” Stanley said. “It appears we’ve covered for Reggie and sent him on his next ministry mission. That’s not the case.”
Stanley also met women at his two and a half hours on Sunday at his home, like him and Cause, who had coached women for years.
“We believe in her, and we are not in a relationship. It’s been restored,“ Stanley told Lois’ report. Regarding the 2006 meeting, Stanley said the woman never mentioned the abuse she was abused by Joyner.
“She didn’t tell us the truth,“ Stanley said. “And we understand why she didn’t, and we don’t blame her. for that. But if we had known what we knew now, we would have taken action immediately. ”
Stanley made a statement that His “major frustration”“ teeth Strickland and to publish a statement of women Give North Point an opportunity Read and respond to her first.
“She has my mobile number,“ Stanley said. “She should have called me and said, ‘Andy, we’re going to release a story.’ Please let us know rather than get permission to release it Before you. And if she had . . . We could have addressed some details of that encounter . . . And that’s why, unfortunately, we have to do some of this cleanup. ”
clock: Andy Stanley’s response to Reggie Joiner’s claim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roiget8scnm
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It was originally published on April 22, 2025.
