The ex-wife of South Carolina Pastor John Paul Miller, who committed suicide after his second wife served him with divorce papers, claims he engaged in “sexually inappropriate” conduct and was repeatedly unfaithful with underage girls at his church, according to newly filed court documents.
The salacious allegations about the 44-year-old pastor’s sex life were revealed in emergency court documents filed last week by his first wife, Allison Williams, seeking custody of the couple’s two teenage children. News 13 report.
The allegations are the latest to embroil Miller in the aftermath of his second wife, Micah Miller, who committed suicide in April just weeks after accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager and of abusing her throughout their marriage. Miller has strongly denied the allegations.
In her custody filing, Williams alleges that Miller, pastor of Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has a history of “sexually inappropriate conduct with several underage female members” of the church and regularly employing prostitutes.
She claimed that underage girls Miller allegedly came into contact with detailed accounts of his behavior, but none came forward publicly for fear of retaliation.
“I wrote a report and went to the police station to request an investigation,” Miller alleged in court documents.
“But I was essentially told by law enforcement officials that no one would believe me because JP is a well-known pastor and we were in the middle of a divorce.”
According to the lawsuit, Williams divorced Miller in 2016 after she learned that Miller and Micah had been having an affair while working as a babysitter for the couple’s two children.
At some point after his marriage to Micah in 2017, Miller also began cheating on his second wife, Williams alleged in court documents.
The woman’s husband then drowned, according to the lawsuit.
Just two weeks before this incident, [the woman’s] “The husband confronted JP and asked him to leave his wife and children alone,” Williams alleged in the paper. “It’s horrifying to learn that two spouses have been killed in a tragic event.”
Despite her divorce from Miller, Williams claims she maintained an amicable relationship with Micah over the years, and that her ex-wife’s second wife eventually reached out to her for mental health advice.
Williams said Mia was trying to end her marriage shortly before her suicide and left an undated 47-second voicemail requesting the name of a counselor.
“Ali, this is Micah. This is my new number. Please don’t give it to anyone. I just wanted to know who the counselor is that can help you move forward with forgiveness and things like that and keep your mind straight through all this mess,” she said in court documents.
“I don’t want to lose myself in this or pursue anything out of anger or revenge. I just want to be free and at peace and get my soul right,” Mika said. “So if you could text me the name of a good counselor that would be super helpful. Thanks, see you.”
Miller’s lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday about the latest allegations.
Miller’s actions have come under intense scrutiny since his second wife was found dead on April 28 in Lumber River State Park in North Carolina from a gunshot wound to the head that was ruled a suicide.
Despite the verdict, her family is begging police to investigate her death amid allegations that the pastor had abused his wife.
Before her suicide, Mika had contacted authorities multiple times and made allegations against her husband, including that he had “trained” her when she was a teenager before they married in 2017.
The pastor had previously said his wife suffered from mental illness, had attempted suicide in the past and had been hospitalized multiple times.
“Following the untimely death of Micah Miller, unsubstantiated rumors and false accusations began to circulate on social media and in various media outlets alleging that Reverend Miller was involved in her death,” Miller’s attorney, Russell Long, said in a statement following her death.
“This went viral and prompted a flood of local and national media outlets reporting these falsehoods. Our client denies any reports that he abused his wife.”
As word began to spread about Micah’s death, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office released detailed information about the investigation, including the 911 call Micah made on the day she died, to support their findings that the pastor had nothing to do with his wife’s death.
“I’m trying to kill myself and I just want my family to know where I am,” Miller said in the audio clip.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, or Suicide Prevention Lifeline.org.
