The woman said she “tried to tell someone, but all that was done was cover-up.” The woman said her brother recently told her he had witnessed at least some of the abuse. The woman said Lowe had groomed her as a teenager and had sex with her, starting when she was just 16. Immediately after Lowe’s statement, a woman and her husband stepped up on stage and told the congregation that Lowe was misleading them about what he had actually done. Lowe said his public statement was part of “the biblical process of confession, repentance, and forgiveness.” He also announced he was stepping down from ministerial duties. “It continued far too long, it involved one person, there’s been no other, nor any other situations of unbecoming conduct for the last 20 years.” “It was nearly 20 years ago,” Lowe said of his misconduct. The confession came at the end of the morning service, according to a church statement, but the livestream cut off moments beforehand. “I committed adultery,” Lowe says in a video posted to Facebook by a family member in the audience Sunday.
But a Child Protective Services investigation did not lead to criminal charges, she said, because prosecutors determined there wasn’t enough evidence. The alleged victim’s mother, Kris Kline, told TRR she called authorities after she found out Lowe had not reported the crime. The Roys Report (TRR) is not naming this relative because he has not been charged with a crime related to the alleged molestation. Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive a copy of “The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb” by Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel. Jessica “Jessi” Kline, now in her late 20s, says Lowe tried to keep it secret when she disclosed 15 years ago that she had been molested by a relative of Lowe’s who also volunteered in the children’s ministry. Now, a former church member and her mother have come forward alleging further cover-up. John LoweĪnd Lowe resigned Monday after news of the woman’s allegations spread, and local media report a criminal investigation is pending.
Lowe II of New Life Christian Church and World Outreach in Warsaw, Indiana, confessed in front of his church that he had committed “adultery” decades ago and received applause from the congregation.īut his alleged victim said Lowe’s confession didn’t match his misconduct. A second victim has also come forward, alleging a years long cover-up of sexual abuse within the church. An Indiana pastor has resigned after a woman accused him publicly during a church service this weekend of sexually abusing her for years, beginning when she was 16.