Police: Pastor Runs Out Of House Naked After Being Caught Having Sex With Man's Wife
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS/AP) — A police report says a prominent Florida pastor was forced to run out of a house naked after a woman's husband came home to find him having sex with his wife.
The Tallahassee Democrat reports police documents show a woman's husband found her in bed with Pastor O. Jermaine Simmons in the middle of the afternoon on Jan. 17.
The woman told police that her husband yelled that he was going to kill Simmons, who fled the apartment naked and hid behind a nearby fence.
The husband took the pastor's clothes, wallet and car keys and later agreed to return the items following negotiations with police.
Video posted online shows Simmons asking for forgiveness from his congregation at Tallahassee's Jacob Chapel, saying "you cannot defend sin."
"I'm hurting because I've hurt you," Simmons said. "I can't speak to people on the outside. I am not Tallahassee's pastor. I am not Florida's pastor. I am Jacob Chapel's pastor. It hurts me that you have to defend my actions, because when you love somebody you want to fight for it, you want to defend. But let me be very clear, you cannot defend sin."
Simmons also asked the congregation for their forgiveness.
Simmons is married and has a son.
