Meet Leona Kimes, The Former Nanny Who Brought Allegations Against Ex-Pastor Carl Lentz

Leona Kimes and her husband moved from Australia to New York Metropolis a couple of decade in the past to assist open the NYC department of the Hillsong Church, per NBC News. Throughout that point, she took a job working as a nanny for the Lentz household. She accused Carl Lentz of manipulation, management, bullying, abuse of energy, and sexual abuse throughout her time as an worker. She claims that the abuse began out with issues like altering her schedule with out asking her so she’d be working from 7 am. to 11 p.m., ultimately alleging that it escalated to him inappropriately taking a look at her physique whereas she was swimming along with his spouse and youngsters at their residence.

Kimes wrote on Medium, “Whereas he by no means had intercourse with me and by no means kissed me, I used to be bodily violated by his undesirable and repeated sexual touching of my intimate areas. … I froze. Each time, I froze.”