Willow Creek Community Church has said that a new investigation into the alleged sexually abusive behavior of former Pastor Bill Hybels will be launched.
Heather Larson, the evangelical megachurch’s executive pastor, told The New York Times in a statement Monday following the latest allegations against Hybels: “It was heartbreaking yesterday to read about the new allegation against Bill Hybels in The New York Times. We have deep sadness for Ms. Baranowski. The behavior that she has described is reprehensible.”
Pat Baranowski, who says she served as Hybels’ gatekeeper in the 1980s, told the publication that Hybels undressed and groped her on multiple occasions.
Baranowski said that the married pastor also performed oral sex on her, and that she was “unable to say no” to her boss.
The woman revealed that she agreed to keep the situation a secret because she loved Willow Creek and its people and did not want to cause harm.
Hybels, who resigned prematurely in April following previous accusations of sexual misconduct made by several women, again denied that he did anything wrong.
“I never had an inappropriate physical or emotional relationship with her before that time, during that time or after that time,” he said in a statement.
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