A Florida pastor who wrote an advice book on how to love your spouse was arrested this week for allegedly having multiple wives.<\/p>\n
Leslie Williams, 62, was arrested Wednesday on an outstanding warrant for bigamy near his house in rumored swingers\u2019 paradise<\/a>, The Villages retirement community, according to the Sumter County Sheriff Department and the Villages News<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The pastor, who runs his own ministry out of the sprawling 55+ community, is wanted in Georgia after the Rockland County Sheriff\u2019s Department there issued a warrant for his arrest on bigamy charges on April 3. <\/p>\n Williams was nabbed by Sumter County sheriff deputies and is being held without bond at the Sumter County Detention Center, while awaiting extradition to Georgia. <\/p>\n Leslie Williams, 62, is currently being held without bond in the Sumter County Detention Center. Sumter County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n While details of Williams\u2019 first marriage remain unclear, he shared on Facebook in December that he got married to a woman named Cindi in a post that garnered a plethora of comments congratulating the bride and groom.<\/p>\n \u201cWow I thought you were already married. Congratulations!!\u201d one comment on the post said.<\/p>\n \u201cLove is in the air! Mr. and Mrs. Williams!\u201d said another.<\/p>\n An out-of-state arrest warrant was issued for Williams on charges of bigamy. Leslie Williams\/Facebook<\/p>\n Days later, the pastor praised his new wife in another post and said, \u201cThanks for all the wonderful comments referencing my saved, beautiful and talented wife, Mrs. Williams! She\u2019s saved for real, praise God!!!\u201d<\/p>\n Williams also posted a selfie that same week which received a comment saying he looks \u201clike a different man.\u201d <\/p>\n Williams announced his new marriage on Facebook in December. Leslie Williams\/Facebook<\/p>\n \u201cI am, my wife is an amazing woman, I feel the way I look! Thank you Sis!!!\u201d the beaming groom responded.<\/p>\n The accused two-timer is a one-time author of a book that guides men on loving their wives deeply by addressing common marriage issues and fostering a \u201cnever failing\u201d love.<\/p>\n Williams\u2019 book, \u201cLove Her Like This: Loving Her Has Never Been Deeper,\u201d focuses on understanding the biblical commitment to improve marital relationships.<\/p>\n Williams praised his new wife in another post and said, \u201cThanks for all the wonderful comments referencing my saved, beautiful and talented wife, Mrs. Williams! She\u2019s saved for real, praise God!!!\u201d Leslie Williams\/Facebook<\/p>\n Williams was praised for looking \u201clike a new man\u201d on Facebook and responded with \u201cI am, my wife is an amazing woman, I feel the way I look! Thank you Sis!!!\u201d Leslie Williams\/Facebook<\/p>\n Released in 2017, the book \u201cspeaks directly to the hearts of men sharing the deep intent of the type of love a man should have for his wife\u201d and \u201cdeals with common issues that arise in a marriage that have the potential to destroy the sacred relationship between a husband and wife,\u201d according to the Amazon listing. <\/p>\n As a pastor, Williams describes himself as \u201can apologist and teacher of the word of God with relevant and timely messages for the body of Christ,\u201d Villages News reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n He runs Leslie Williams Ministries \u2014 that advertises services \u201cpreparing you for the end of time\u201d \u2014 out of a rented mailbox at a shopping center within The Village, according to his website.<\/p>\n The Post reached out to the Rockdale County Sheriff\u2019s office for details on the bigamy charges and extradition process, but did not immediately hear back Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida pastor who wrote an advice book on how to love your spouse was arrested this week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4864,108859,9554,28,30,29,13789,3759,12297,4278],"class_list":["post-247944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-arrests","tag-bigamy","tag-extradition","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-marriage","tag-pastors","tag-retirement","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}