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Justin and Hailey Bieber no longer follow tainted pastor Carl Lentz on Instagram

The Biebers unfollow Carl Lentz after his cheating scandal became public

By Web Desk
November 12, 2020
Justin and Hailey Bieber unfollow celebrity pastor Carl Lentz. 

Justin Bieber followed his wife Hailey Bieber's decision to unfollow their former pastor and spiritual advisor Carl Lentz on Instagram when the latter's extramarital affair was exposed to the public.

Justin's wife Hailey Bieber had already unfollowed the disgraced pastor over the week, after it was learnt that Carl was fired from Hillsong Church last week for his cheating scandal.

Carl and his wife Laura Lentz have also unfollowed the power couple on the social media site.

According to The Sun, Lentz was staying at Justin’s New York City apartment after he was seen in an intense conversation outside the vicinity with Laura.

It seems that Justin's move to unfollow Carl is an indicator that he will no longer be offering his help.

The firing comes as a shock as Hillsong Church is known for its A-list attendants from the likes of the Biebers, Kourtney Kardashian and Selena Gomez.

Following his termination from the church, Carl took to Instagram to share a photo of his family along with a few words of his own.

"I was unfaithful in my marriage, the most important relationship in my life and held accountable for that…I now begin a journey of rebuilding trust with my wife, Laura and my children and taking real time to work on and heal my own life and seek out the help that I need," the caption read.

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Our time at HillsongNYC has come to an end. This is a hard ending to what has been the most amazing, impacting and special chapter of our lives. Leading this church has been an honor in every sense of the word and it is impossible to articulate how much we have loved and will always love the amazing people in this church. When you accept the calling of being a pastor, you must live in such a way that it honors the mandate. That it honors the church, and that it honors God. When that does not happen, a change needs to be made and has been made in this case to ensure that standard is upheld. Laura and I and our amazing children have given all that we have to serve and build this church and over the years I did not do an adequate job of protecting my own spirit, refilling my own soul and reaching out for the readily available help that is available. When you lead out of an empty place, you make choices that have real and painful consequences. I was unfaithful in my marriage, the most important relationship in my life and held accountable for that. This failure is on me, and me alone and I take full responsibility for my actions. I now begin a journey of rebuilding trust with my wife, Laura and my children and taking real time to work on and heal my own life and seek out the help that I need. I am deeply sorry for breaking the trust of many people who we have loved serving and understand that this news can be very hard and confusing for people to hear and process. I would have liked to say this with my voice, to you, in person because you are owed that. But that opportunity I will not have. So to those people, I pray you can forgive me and that over time I can live a life where trust is earned again. To our pastors Brian and Bobbie, thank you for allowing us to lead, allowing us to thrive and giving us room to have a voice that you have never stifled or tried to silence. Thank you for your grace and kindness especially in this season, as you have done so much to protect and love us through this. We, the Lentz family, don’t know what this next chapter will look like, but we will walk into it together very hopeful and grateful for the grace of God..

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