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After more than a decade serving as the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte in North Carolina, sixth-generation Presbyterian minister Pendleton Barnes Peery has been ousted for breaking his marriage and ordination vows.

He was dismissed from his role this week after confessing to “behaving in shockingly sinful ways” in a secret life in which he engaged in “multiple instances of consensual physical infidelity” outside his marriage for the last five years.

In a statement to The Christian Post on Friday, officials at the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Charlotte said Peery was charged with adultery and wrongful concealment after a yearlong investigation.

“Following allegations of offensive behavior that violates the trust and responsibilities of ordai

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