Leaked Audio: Megachurch Members Grill Hipster Pastor About Alleged Affair
A hipster megachurch minister who was deserted by his flock amid allegations he was having an affair with a married employee admitted to volunteers that he had kissed the woman and planned to be with her after they were both divorced.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press obtained audio of the December 17 meeting where Tavner Smith, pastor of Venue church, was confronted about a video that seemed to show him planting the kiss on the woman during a trip to Georgia.
He denied that: “I wouldn’t have kissed her in public. That’s the truth.”