Hipster Pastor's Ex-Wife Sues Megachurch Rocked by Cheating Scandal
The hits keep coming for the Tennessee megachurch pastor accused of having an affair with a church employee.
As The Daily Beast reported earlier this week, Venue Church in Chattanooga is set to go up for auction at the end of the month, after defaulting on its $2.8 million mortgage. Now, embattled Pastor Tavner Smith is facing a lawsuit from his ex-wife, who claims the church missed its payments to her, too.
Smith and his wife, Danielle Smith, divorced last year as rumors swirled that the pastor was secretly sleeping with his female worship leader. Danielle, who co-founded the church with her husband and served as co-lead pastor and director of the women’s ministry, signed an exit agreement with Venue around the same time, according to a civil complaint filed in Hamilton County court on July 25.