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John Kliewer, the whistleblowing former interim senior pastor of the Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, who was falsely accused of leadership abuse as he tried to hold church officials accountable in the wake of a sex abuse scandal, has formally cut ties with the church.

The Duluth Vineyard Church Council acknowledged Kliewer’s departure in a recent statement , saying that allegations made against him were "unfounded" and that they were going to “re-commit ourselves to truthfulness and accountability going forward.”

“On behalf of the Duluth Vineyard Church Council, we acknowledge that the independent investigator found that the allegations made against you were unfounded. We recognize that our public statements addressing the allegations and the investigation caused you

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