A day after it was revealed that Carl Lentz was fired from Hillsong for "leadership issues and breaches of trust," the specifics of his "moral failures" have come to light: Lentz cheated on his wife. NEW YORK -- Carl Lentz, the celebrity magnet of a pastor who brought the global megachurch Hillsong from Australia to the United States, has been fired, acknowledging on … Pastor Carl Lentz was terminated from Hillsong Church East Coast, based in New York City, Hillsong’s global senior pastor, Brian Houston, announced in a statement Wednesday. Carl Lentz spoke at a Hillsong event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York in 2017. ... was fired on Wednesday from Hillsong East Coast, the New York-based branch of …