A United Methodist pastor in Missouri has been suspended after church leaders say they learned she previously worked for Jeffrey Epstein.
The Missouri Conference of The United Methodist Church announced Thursday that an ordained clergy member has been placed on a 90-day suspension while the church begins a formal review process.
The clergy member was identified as Rev. Stephanie Remington.
According to United Methodist News, Remington allegedly worked as Epstein’s administrative assistant from August to December 2018. She also allegedly served as a temporary property manager for Epstein’s private island from January to May 2019.
Epstein was already a convicted sex offender during that period. He wasn’t charged in the later federal sex trafficking case until July 2019. He was found dead in his jail cell the next month, with officials ruling it a suicide.
The Missouri Conference and UM News said they were alerted to Remington’s past work history by Rev. Elizabeth Glass Turner, who had been reviewing a massive batch of Department of Justice files recently released.
In those records, Remington’s name reportedly appears more than 1,800 times, largely in email traffic tied to guest itineraries and day-to-day operations on the island.
Remington has not been accused of any crime. She told UM News she never saw any abuse while working for Epstein and described her connection to him as strictly work-related.
“I knew him for the last nine months of his life, well after he served time for the things that he was accused of doing,” she said.
She also said she was aware Epstein was a registered sex offender when she took the job, and later left the role to care for her father after a cancer diagnosis.
UM News also pointed to a 2019 blog post written under the pseudonym Jerusha Moon, where Remington reflected on Jesus’ ministry among “sinners and outcasts” and appeared to connect that theme to her own controversial association.
“And I felt that if I withheld relationship from this man because of his past, then I would be turning my back on every message of hope I have ever preached,” the post said.
In a separate statement to UM News, Remington added, “Jesus got into a lot of trouble for the company he kept… Is Jeffrey not among their kind?”
“Of course he didn’t deserve a second chance. None of us do,” she continued. “But that’s not how grace works.”
The Missouri Conference said it is praying for survivors of Epstein’s alleged crimes and taking the situation seriously while it conducts a careful review through its church disciplinary process.
For now, the suspension remains in place as the “supervisory response process” moves forward.
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