Pastor John-Paul Miller Facing Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Abuse of 15y/o Teen

Staff Writer

An Indiana woman has filed a lawsuit against notorious ‘pastor’ John-Paul Miller, accusing him of raping her when she was 15 years old and then sexually assaulting her again just a few short years ago.

The woman, who filed under the pseudonym Jane Doe, has also named John-Paul Miller’s father, Reginald Wayne Miller, his ministry organization, Solid Rock Ministries, and their former churches where he pastored before they change their names and associations, including All Nations Cathedral Church and The Cathedral Baptist Church of the Grand Strand.

Doe is suing for negligence, assault and battery, infliction of emotional distress, and civil conspiracy stemming from a 1998 assault, where she claims John Paul Miller assaulted her, and these people and entities failed to adequately protect her. She writes in her suit:

Behind their religious facade, John-Paul Miller and Reginald Wayne Miller engaged in sexual abuse and predatory conduct—often targeting minors. They used their positions of power to manipulate and exploit vulnerable victims while concealing their actions from the public.

Upon information and belief, this deception has shielded them from law enforcement scrutiny, allowing their misconduct to continue unchecked. As detailed in this Complaint, the Defendants—both individually and together— have built, maintained, and concealed a system of sexual misconduct that harmed numerous minors, including Plaintiff Jane Doe #1.

Doe alleges that in 2023:

Plaintiff encountered JPM in person in Myrtle Beach while accompanied by a friend. Despite being in a public setting, JPM leaned into Jane Doe #1 as if to hug her and shoved his hand down her pants touching her genitals without consent.

Plaintiff immediately recoiled and tried to brush it off and moved his hand because she didn’t think her friend noticed and she was scared. About 30 minutes later, Jane Doe #1 and JPM had a heated argument about him using his title of “pastor” and use scripture to justify sexual misconduct.

In response, JPM cited scripture, telling Plaintiff: “No man is without sin and temptation. God understands that.”

As a result of the encounter:

Plaintiff was left reeling from the encounter, experiencing a long-delayed spiral of self-doubt and depression caused by this fresh assault on her by JPM. It was not until she experienced another sexual assault in 2023 by JPM that the suppressed memories of the 1998 incident resurfaced.

This sexual assault by JPM triggered repressed memories of Plaintiff of things which occurred at an earlier time. Upon later reflection and trying to remember previous events, the plaintiff realized that JPM had assaulted her almost twenty years before.

Jane Doe was #1 sexually assaulted at the age of 15 in 1998 by JPM.

At the time, she did not fully comprehend the nature of what had happened to her or the extent of the harm it caused. The trauma was deeply buried, and for decades, she had no conscious recollection
of the assault. The Plaintiff lost her memory before she turned eighteen (18) likely within a few months or a year of the occurrence of the 1998 assault.

After her memories were triggered by the second assault, the Plaintiff remembered details of the 1998 sexual assault.

She claims that in 1998 when she was 15, she was raped by Miller while he was employed as a youth leader and musician at Cathedral, where Miller’s father, Wayne, was the pastor. She insists they knew he was a threat and did nothing.

Defendants knew or should have known that JPM was a danger to minors as early as 1997 based on prior incidents of inappropriate behavior and misconduct involving young congregants.

They were aware of specific allegations, inappropriate contact with minor females, and past warnings regarding JPM’s conduct, yet they deliberately chose to protect him rather than remove him from a position of power or authority within the church.

Despite their knowledge of his predatory behavior, Defendants took affirmative steps to hide, suppress, and prevent the reporting of JPM’s actions, including:

a. Knowingly allowing JPM to remain in leadership at Cathedral and Solid Rock despite allegations of misconduct with minors.
b. Refusing to report JPM’s conduct to law enforcement despite being legally and morally obligated to do so.
c. Suppressing or destroying evidence, complaints, or reports made by victims, their families, or church members.
d. Discouraging or intimidating victims and witnesses from coming forward with allegations of abuse against JPM.
e. Transferring or repositioning JPM within the church instead of removing him or implementing safety measures to protect minors.
f. Providing JPM continued access to minors despite past allegations and known risks

Jane Doe says she has “suffered substantial damages, including physical, emotional, and psychological harm” and as a result, is entitled to “treble damages, (Triple the amount of compensatory damages) attorneys’ fees, and all other relief deemed just and appropriate by a jury at trial.”

Neither Miller nor his attorney have responded.

The story of John-Paul Miller and his wife, Mica Miller, went viral after we shared a video showing him announcing her death in a strange way following the church service, two weeks after she filed for divorce. At the time, John-Paul preached an entire sermon and then, at the very end, sprung it on the congregation that his wife died last night by killing herself and then told the congregation not to talk about it.

This led to worldwide speculation that he may have been involved in ‘unaliving’ her, but a police investigation concluded that she acted alone. However, troubling details of their relationship came to light following her death, prompting the belief that he took advantage of her frail mental health and drove her to suicide.

Two weeks before Mica Miller shot herself in the head, she accused her husband, John-Paul Miller, of posting nudes of herself on Facebook, an act to which he allegedly admitted.

Mica contacted Myrtle Beach Police Department on April 8, alleging that her husband posted a picture of her to a Facebook group called ‘big boobs and nice curves,’ tagging one of her old accounts, which she no longer had access to. According to News Nation:

Mica Miller’s husband, John Paul Miller, admitted in an apology letter to posting a topless photo of her online. “I’m sorry for putting a picture of you on the internet. It was for less than one hour and immediately taken down. I was hurt that you are telling everyone horrible intimate details of my past sin, and I just wanted to try and hurt you. Please forgive me. It was evil of me to do that.”

A week and a half before she died, Mica sent an affidavit to her attorney about the harassment she was experiencing:

“Since the day we became husband and wife, I have been abused in every way I can think of. Emotionally, sexually, spiritually, financially, and physically. He has harassed me physically and electronically with letters, phone calls, emails, and texts, hacking my emails, hacking my personal Facebook, and impersonating me. Using my stolen phone to send texts and emails out to church members pretending to be me, texting friends and family saying that I am sleeping with teenagers from our church, and showing up in person at places around town … To having installed 3 different tracking devices on my vehicle.”

After her death, the family of Mica sued John-Paul for control of her estate, accusing him of causing her death through his coercive control and actions