Justin Bieber's disgraced Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz reveals 'hard' truth about shock affair that ruined his career - as he tells wife Laura the 'humiliation' of being outed so publicly drove him to the brink of SUICIDE Carl, 45, sat down with his wife Laura for the first episode of his new podcast He spoke about the torturous 'addictions' and 'demons' he secretly battled He also revealed how the turmoil lead to him nearly ending his life By Lillian Gissen For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:47, 7 June 2024 | Updated: 20:48, 7 June 2024 e-mail 6 View comments Former Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz has candidly revealed what lead to his shock affair during an unflinchingly honest interview with his wife Laura - as she opened up about why she ultimately decided to stay with him despite the 'mental and physical torment' he put her through. Carl, 45, co-founded Hillsong in 2010, and he transformed the religious group into a celebrity-loved megachurch, becoming a star in his own right along the way - gaining hundreds of thousands of followers on social media and mingling with some of Hollywood's most elite, including Justin Bieber , who once referred to him as his 'second father.
' But all of that came crashing down in 2020, when it was brought to light that he had been unfaithful to his wife, to whom he'd been married for 17 years at the time; not only was he exiled from the church, but the singer distanced himself from Carl amid the fallout. Now, the father-of-three has spoken in detail a.