Woman says former Shiloh pastor fathered her baby
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| Pastor Darrell Gilyard |
Lindy Thackston
First Coast News / WTLV NCB-12 and WJXX ABC-25
Jacksonville, Florida
November 12 , 2008
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A First Coast woman says a former pastor is the father of her child, and she has filed a paternity suit.
Pastor Darrell Gilyard served as pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church from 1993 until his resignation early this year.
In February, 46-year-old Gilyard filed a not guilty plea to accusations he sent sexually explicit text message to a teenage girl from his church.
It isn't Gilyard's first time to meet with such accusations.
According to church leaders in Texas, Pastor Gilyard was forced to leave four churches in the eighties and nineties after women complained of sexual abuse.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=123646&catid=3
See also:
Transcripts appear to show pastor's sex talk with teens, News4Jax, 8/6/08
Records list lewd texts, molestings by pastor, Florida Times-Union, 8/6/08
"Mom accuses pastor of sending lewd texts to daughter," Florida Times-Union (AP), 12/24/07
"Pastor Darrell Gilyard takes leave from Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church," Fox30 News, 12/22/07 (with video)
"One-time SBC rising star in spotlight for sexual text messages," EthicsDaily, 12/26/07
"SNAP leader says sex offender database might have stopped accused predator," EthicsDaily, 12/28/07
Interview with another accuser, Tiffany Croft, CBS-47 (video) (and see Tiffany Croft's blog)
"The downfall of a pastor," Dallas Morning News, 7/14/91
SNAP Note: According to a 1991 Austin American Statesman article, Darrell Gilyard's Texas church was SBC-affiliated. News articles describe former SBC president Paige Patterson as having been Gilyard's "mentor." Jerry Vines, who "agreed to forgive" Gilyard, is also a former SBC president.