After years of allegations that Christian minister Shawn Bolz was fabricating prophecies and words of knowledge in his ministry, leaders at Bethel Church in Redding, California, where he was frequently platformed, revealed that they confronted him about the allegations more than FIVE YEARS AGO and distanced themselves from him when he didn’t provide a satisfactory response.

Leaders of the California megachurch said that around the time they confronted Bolz about his alleged fabrication of prophecies, one of his employees also accused him of engaging in behaviors that “seemed to fit the descriptions of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment,” according to a statement Bethel published Monday.

We are aware that a conversation is happening regarding Shawn Bolz, and our confrontations with him that took place more than five years ago. We have delayed in an effort to reflect our recollection accurately, as the issues are important and complex,” the Bethel statement began. “Their bullshit excuse for not exposing him it sounds like” Leaders at the charismatic ministry said after the confrontation with Bolz, they stopped promoting his materials in their store and no longer allowed him to minister to their congregants or movement.

Among other things, Bethel leaders said they “firmly admonished and warned” Bolz and he made “some changes.”

Bethel further noted that even though Bolz is not under their authority, one of their leaders also confronted him about the sexual harassment claim from his employee and “he indicated to us that the behaviors that had taken place had stopped.” “Though we are not experts, these behaviors seemed to fit the descriptions of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment as commonly taught in HR training, and had potential legal ramifications,” the church leaders said.

“We recommended they take action in seeking a remedy through the justice system (such as the labor board, arbiters, or courts) as there was no real movement from Shawn to address the past situations, and we had done what we could given the limited level of knowledge we had at the time.”