A pastor in Missouri was suspended last week after it was discovered she worked for Jeffrey Epstein and managed his private Little St. James island for nearly a year.
On Thursday, Bishop Robert Farr of the Missouri Conference of The United Methodist Church placed Rev. Stephanie L. Remington on leave, pending a review by the episcopal office.
Remington reportedly worked as Epstein’s administrative assistant and property manager of his “Pedophile Island” from August 2018 to May 2019. Epstein was arrested just two months later, in July 2019, for sex trafficking crimes.
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Despite having worked closely with the disgraced financier, Remington told United Methodist (UM) News that she never saw Epstein or anyone commit abuse on the island. However, she did admit that when she accepted the job she knew Epstein was a registered sex offender who had served 18 months for the conviction.
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“I never saw anything,” Remington told the publication. “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.”
Fox4 report: It was later discovered that her name appears in approximately 1,800 documents of the Epstein files on the Department of Justice website. Many of the files are emails that discuss her “day-to-day” work operations, UM News reported.
At this time, Remington has not been accused of any crime, and her suspension is temporary (90 days).
Church leaders reported they were only recently made aware of Remington’s ties to Epstein and did not know of her previous employment.
“The Missouri Conference had no knowledge of the individual’s association with Mr. Epstein. Clergy serving in extension ministry operate outside a local church appointment and report their ministry setting through annual paperwork submitted to the Conference,” the Missouri Conference said.
“No information indicating this association was disclosed in any of those reports. The Bishop or district superintendent were not contacted about the individual’s interest in or acceptance of the Epstein-related position.”
Before working for Epstein, Remington served as a pastor and associate pastor at several churches across Missouri from 2001 to about 2018.
