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A Regina pastor has resigned and been stripped of his licence to minister more than a year and a half after church leaders learned he had abused his power to prey on a woman in his congregation.

Rev. Jerven Weekes had been the lead pastor for more than a decade at Rosewood Park Alliance Church, one of 440 evangelical Protestant churches in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) in Canada.

On Oct. 20, during Sunday service, the church's local chairman sobbed openly as he announced the pastor's resignation and called it a matter of "employee-employer confidentiality." A few days later, the national organization expelled him from all C&MA churches.


Rev. Jerven Weekes, left, pastor of Rosewood Park Alliance Church in Regina, was put on probation for a year for 'abuse of power' and 'sexualized behaviour.'
CBC News has confirmed that three women complained to the church about sexual harassment or inappropriate behaviour by Weekes in the past two years.

In April 2018, an external investigator informed church leaders — both local and national — that there was sufficient evidence in text messages to show Weekes had been "grooming" one victim for "inappropriate sexual conversation" and that "inappropriate sexualized behaviour" was "an abuse of power" and his position of trust.

Grooming is a process in which a perpetrator gains a person's trust, breaks down their defences and then begins to manipulate them for sexual purposes, according to sexual violence experts.

We are just so, so sorry at the way that we did not listen to the women.​
- Barry Doyle, spokesperson for Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada
The resignation and expulsion come in the wake of two women sharing their allegations publicly in a Regina podcast that examines faith and justice issues.

Christa Hunt and Liz Herod said they wanted to expose how church leaders mishandled their complaints and kept the pastor's actions a secret from the congregation.

CBC News spoke with Hunt and Herod to verify details and confirm that their stories had been accurately reflected in the Shipwreck Over Safety podcast. They requested that CBC News use those accounts, with permission from the podcast producers, to spare them having to relive their experience.

'Grooming'
In January 2014, Hunt felt she had hit "rock bottom."

She was searching for help for herself, her kids and her marriage. A friend invited her to attend Rosewood Park church.

Hunt sought counselling from Rev. Weekes. Soon after, he started texting her. Hunt said it made her feel "so special." She said she found a sense of belonging she'd been looking for.

She valued Weekes's guidance and "put him on a pedestal."


Weekes was stripped of his licence to minister in all Alliance churches in North America. (Rosewood Park Alliance Church website)
Screengrabs of text exchanges, shared with CBC News, reveal that Weekes began to compliment Hunt and to introduce more sexualized content.

By 2016, Hunt said she started to feel "weird," but was plagued by self-doubt. She said she didn't trust her gut. She convinced herself to ignore "red flags" because he was a pastor.

She felt torn. On one hand, she relied on him. He helped her find a new place to live after her marriage broke down. On the other hand, she had started to stay off social media at night when she knew he might be online, in order to avoid contact.

The sexual nature of Weekes's text messages to Hunt began to escalate.

She tried to defuse the situation, texting him, "innocent flirting is harmless, and if it wasn't harmless, I would be crushed."

In August 2017, he texted her that he liked her lips. Then, soon after, Weekes asked her whether she was good at MouthAction, deep throats, gags and screams in bed[b][/b]. He asked her if she likes [/b]men that are "big, medium or small."[b]

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