The Kimes would later be promotoed to head Hillsong's Boston ministry. Kimes wrote that the experience left her feelng shameful and worthless, and she considered committing suicide. In the summer of 2017 she said that Carl acknowledged he had been wrong to sexualize their relationship, that he had considered informing church management, but that, after discussing doing so with Laura they had decided "it wasn't necessary." She said Laura told her to "repent", and fired her. She said that, in 2017, when she spoke of finding herself a new job, outside of the ministry, Carl had mocked her, asserting that without any College education, no one would hire her. Nevertheless she would remain working in their home, for another year. In 2016 Laura became aware of suggestive texts, and held her responsible. She wrote, that, at the time, she saw herself as the problem, and didn't recognize that she was a victim. She described how she "froze" every time he surreptitiously touched her on an intimate zone of her body, noting, however, that they never had intercourse. She said that, by 2015, she didn't feel she could say "no" when he asked for massages. Next, she said, he began surreptitiously groping her, like when he would join her and the children, in the Lentz family hot-tub, or when she was drving the children on errands. He said he later told her “after you have kids, we’ll buy you a boob job.” Early instances of sexually charged comments, from Carl, that made her uncomfortable, included, “Gurl, you’re looking good. ![]() She described being called "cinderella", and hearing Carl and Laura mock her husband in front of her. Kimes described an escalation of Carl's harrassment of her. She wrote that the Lentz scheduled their days-off for different days, so she and Josh were not able to spend any liesure time together. Her husband also worked full time in helping with the administration of the Ministry, and addition, also worked a fulltime job, outside the ministry. Kimes described being called upon to work unscheduled overtime, sometimes being asked to work from 7am to 11pm. For her first seven years in America, from 2011 to 2017, the Lentz employed Leona as a nanny to their four children. The Kimes left Australia to work under the Lentz's, at Hillsong's New York City ministry. ![]() Hillsong was founded in Australia, and, like Laura Lentz, Kimes and her husband, Josh Kimes, are Australian. On May 31, 2021, Kimes went public with her accusation in an article on the online site Medium, claiming Carl had regularly groped her. ![]() Kimes had worked for Lentz, and his wife Laura Lentz, when they were pastors for the New York branch of the evangelical Hillsong church.Ĭarl Lentz was fired from his position after evidence of adultery was made public, in November 2020. Leona Kimes published accusations against her former employer, disgraced pastor Carl Lentz. Accused Carl Lentz of sexually harrassing her
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