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Nathan Peternel stepping aside after investigation deems sex videos wrong

Head of powerful Life Church announces brother-in-law taking over while he enters “restorative process”, one week after son sentenced in child porn case

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Tom LoBianco
Feb 21, 2026
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Nathan Peternel announces he’s stepping aside as lead pastor of Life Church following a sex video scandal and son’s prison sentence on child pornography. (Screenshots of Peternel, email announcement. Graphic by Tom LoBianco/24sight News.)

INDIANAPOLIS _ The lead pastor of the politically powerful Life Church, Nathan Peternel, announced Friday that he was…

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