*The former lover of an Ohio bishop has accused him of manipulating her into quitting her job days before she found out he was engaged to another woman.
Andrea Garrison shared her tale of heartbreak and betrayal on Facebook, where she put Bishop Victor Couzens on blast— senior pastor at the Inspirational Baptist Church – City of Destiny in Forest Park, OH. As reported by Hello Beautiful, Garrison claims to have carried on an affair with Couzens while he was romancing another woman, and she only found out it after he announced his engagement on social media.
Garrison was allegedly supposed to move in with Couzens in October.
“I’m tired of people hiding and lying and using God as a reason to do pure f*ckery,” Garrison said in a Facebook live video.
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The real Greenleaf! Bishop Victor Couzens is under fire (and not from the holy ghost) after a woman claims she quit her job to move in with him only to find out he was engaged. When it came time for her to move in, he told her he had to “pray on it.” https://t.co/hOL9Qprno6
— Hello Beautiful (@HelloBeautiful) October 25, 2018
Hello Beautiful has a breakdown of the hot mess.
According to Garrison, she and Couzens began having sex around 2011 and the relationship went on for “a long time.” They stopped talking because he was still sleeping with his ex-wife (who he had divorced a year prior). Years later, they rekindled their romance in an on-and-off-again relationship and it got serious around April of this year. The Bishop allegedly flew her down to his condo in Miami, which she claims she helped decorate.
Within weeks of that time, Couzens allegedly asked Garrison and her kids to move in with him at his Cincinnati home. Shortly after Garrison put her two weeks in at work, an emergency involving police allegedly forced her to push up her move-in date to only have the Bishop, who she also calls her best friend, claim he needs to pray on it.
Couzens disappeared for a hot minute before he was spotted at a party by one of Garrison’s friend’s who confirmed he was engaged.
Here’s what else Hello Beautiful reported …
After doing her own research on his social media, comments confirmed he was indeed engaged.
Bishop Couzen’s son apparently tuned into one of Garrison’s live videos, saying he “agreed” with what she was saying. Despite his own son agreeing with Garrison, Couzens responded to Garrison, basically calling her a liar.
“Social media makes it possible for anyone to accuse anyone of anything and it seemingly be taken as gospel. No receipts!” he wrote.
Continuing, he added, “As much as I would like to clap back and set the record straight, it’s more valuable and prudent to know that it’s more constructive to just keep living life looking forward and not give in to the attention seeking behavior or others.”
According to the report, Couzens is one of the black clergymen who met with Trump and later told Roland Martin, “I didn’t leave with anything I can stand on.”
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