Posted on 02/25/2016 1:31:17 PM PST by Gamecock
A woman has filed a lawsuit against a Florida megachurch after it reportedly did not pay her the promised hush money to keep her alleged affair with a pastor a secret.
Church member Arlene Miranda filed the suit against Orlando Baptist Church based in Orange County, saying the church failed to pay the agreed $3,000 so she would keep quiet about her alleged affair with Pastor David Janney, 61, married, and the church's president.
"They threatened me. If I didn't sign it, they threatened me," Miranda told WFTV.
Miranda denied she filed the lawsuit for the money, saying "I committed a sin. The Holy Spirit really, really convicted me and I wanted to come clean."
Her lawsuit is being shouldered by businessman Craig Mateer, who sued Janney's charity in 2012, accusing it of misusing funds. The case was eventually settled out of court.
Mateer allegedly gave $117,000 to Janney's World Hope, but based on investigation, the money appeared to have enriched Janney, according to the Orlando Sentinel and Raw Story.
In her lawsuit, Miranda said she's been a member of the church since 2008. Last September, she claimed that Janney "started making sexual advances towards" her.
"David Janney texted Plaintiff about his sexual fantasies about her," the lawsuit said, adding that on the following Labor Day weekend, they had an affair at the World Hope office.
After the affair, Janney continued to text her about the incident and its effect on him.
"You're beautiful, you're very sexy, your body is amazing and you're very passionate," he allegedly told her.
"I wish we had a better place and a better time for today. You're more than I fantasised. Be proud of yourself. [A]nd now please give me a few days to work through my mind my heart and talk to my Lord. More than anything I want to be the man of God and your pastor," Janney allegedly wrote her.
But when Janney learned that Miranda had disclosed the affair to Pastor Don Norman, "he sent her threatening text messages regarding her and her children, and demanded she keep quiet about the affair," the lawsuit read.
On Dec. 2, Janney and other church officers presented Miranda with a non-disclosure agreement that promised to pay her $375 a week starting Dec. 4.
"In return, Plaintiff would not disparage David Janney, OBC, Inc., or otherwise disclose her affair with David Janney," the lawsuit read.
Miranda signed the agreement. She later said she didn't receive any payment up to the time she filed the lawsuit.
Because of the scandal, Janney resigned from the church.
"Pastor Dave Janney resigned as the Senior Pastor effective Sunday, February 7, 2016, not because the allegations against him are true, but because he felt his resignation was in the best interest of the Church," the church said in a statement.
It added, "Orlando Baptist Church is saddened by the resignation of Pastor Dave Janney. He leaves with our love and support. As a church we desire to extend grace and love to all, in all that we do. The church will be forming a pulpit committee that will lead in the process of selecting a new pastor. Ultimately our church members will be able to ask questions of, and vote for, any new pastor."
“Moral” of the story: When you sleep with a millionaire mega church pastor and he agrees to pay you off, GET THE CASH UP FRONT.
Exactly.
A little consistency would be nice there.
Different church:
http://www.worldchangingchurch.com/?view=mobile
From Google, it doesn’t look big enough to be considered a megachurch in Texas, and it looks like they need a roof job on the main auditorium.
I’m in Orlando...where is it? I don’t think the church they spoke at was Orlando Baptist. That was out in east Orlando,right?
**Orlando Baptist Church **
Hmmm
So I guess he stiffed her after all. ;)
Thought of that one after I logged off, so I had to come back to post it. LOL!
Well worth the effort!
True, but #13 mentioned Cruz’s campaign.
I had to look that up. A rare event involving cherry blossoms?
I’m on the east side of town and the church was east of the airport where I saw Ted Cruz speak. Off the417 toll road. I’m sure that’s the same as in the photo.
I’m on WEST side...
no, that’s not it. the pastor at the church Cruz spoke at is older than Janney but also, orlando baptist is located on Semoran whereas the other is on Chickasaw.
I noticed on OBC’s website that tonight is date night!!! LOL
I would’ve asked for alot more than 3 grand
Even if he had paid hush money, the blackmail would not have stopped there. It usually does not.
Agreed, but when it was DET-wive’s night at the E-club I would say that better than half in of them in there were Pilippinas...that forms my opinion more than anything I saw in Olongapo.
Olongapo had plenty of dateable women if you went to working class districts instead of bar zones and tourist areas.
I probably would have had one of those whirlwind romance/ instant marriages if we hadn’t shipped out suddenly
He resigned......
but he is not guilty of the sin
Of course he isn’t.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.