The senior pastor at Calvary Church, one of Charlotte’s largest and most prominent houses of worship, has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation of an allegation that he violated some part of the church’s employee handbook.
John Munro, a native of Scotland who has been the megachurch’s high-profile senior pastor since 2006, was absent from Sunday’s service. But elder Bill Bailey, representing Calvary’s lay leaders, stood before the 4,000-member congregation at the end of the 9:45 a.m. service to say that an “H.R. complaint” was filed against Munro on Aug. 15.
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