Ex-Celeb Pastor Carl Lentz Gives Marriage Update Before Hillsong Doc

In his Instagram post, Lentz wrote, "We were not interested in blame shifting or responsibility deflection, we focus on my mistakes and the context for what transpired. I can honestly tell you that when you get to a place of honesty and freedom in your life, when you've gone through hell and you realize God is still with you.. It is so freeing."

Lentz recently joined the staff of Transformation Church, a predominantly Black, nondenominational megachurch in Tulsa, Okla., Religion News Service reported in March. "Even though I'm at an amazing church that loves and supports us, I'm no longer in ministry," Lentz said in his Instagram post. "I'm not preaching, not overseeing people, my role is to help give perspective and insight where I can."

He continued, "I'm not the first man to be in this situation and I won't be the last, but I can promise you I'll be the guy standing with his arms open wide for anyone who's been on this path of addiction and destruction."

Lentz' extramarital affair is not the only scandal he's dealt with over the years. In May 2021, former Hillsong Church Boston co-pastor Leona Kimes alleged in a Medium essay that she was "subjected to manipulation, control, bullying, abuse of power, and sexual abuse" in Lentz's home while working for his family as a nanny. Through his lawyer, Lentz told the outlet that he denied the allegations. In April 2022, Kimes announced she had resigned from the church, RNS reported.