A former pastor and longtime leader of three Billings nonprofits has been fired amid an internal investigation at the Montana Rescue Mission.

Executive Director Matt Lundgren was terminated Wednesday by the 13-member board that oversees the shelter and the two other organizations he leads.

Eric Peterson, a Billings attorney who serves on the board, said an outside firm was hired to look into complaints about the management at MRM. He declined to share specifics about the reasons Lundgren was fired and other personnel issues, citing employee privacy concerns. But, he said, the grievances had nothing to do with allegations of embezzlement, fraud or financial wrongdoing.

Max French, the Billings Leadership Foundation's operations director, will now step up to serve as interim executive dir

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