(ChurchLeaders) Chris Conlee, the former senior pastor of Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tenn., is starting a new church, also in Memphis. Conlee left Highpoint two years ago after it came to light that he had knowingly supported an admitted sexual abuser coming on staff as a pastor. That pastor, Andy Savage, resigned from Highpoint only a few months before Conlee did and has since also started his own church.
“Not only has my abusive pastor @andysavage started his own church, but the pastor that hired him and supported him (and was subsequently fired), Chris Conlee, is coming back to Memphis to start a new church,” said Jules Woodson, who is the woman Savage assaulted 22 years ago. “Where and when does the madness end?”