Former church members and friends of Mica Miller, the pastor’s wife whose death is the subject of a three-part Netflix docuseries, claim that her husband, John-Paul Miller (JP), not only groomed her as a teen but also allegedly used his wife for sex and abused her in various ways.
Bruna Pabon, a former member of John-Paul Miller’s Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, said that the pastor subjected Mica Miller to mental and sexual abuse, People magazine reported on Wednesday. “He wouldn’t let her sleep. He would splash water on her face and pull off the covers,” Bruna Pabon claimed. “She couldn’t take a trip because he couldn’t go two days without getting physical.
He was basically using her for sex. That was the whole marriage.” Bruna Pabon, 34, said that her friend tried to be an obedient wife at first, but her growing self-respect and desire for independence clashed with her husband’s wishes.
Other former church members and friends of Mica Miller, Ricky Pabon and Sam Rickman, spoke about the alleged abuse with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on his podcast “Cuomo Crime Time.” Ricky Pabon alleged that John-Paul Miller, who was at least 15 years older than Mica Miller, started abusing his friend before her first marriage to Jeremy Deas. “She was groomed … all the way through even before her marriage with Jeremy.
I think in some way, JP had his fingers already in the marriage,” Ricky Pabon stated, claiming that John-Paul Miller was close with Deas. According to Rickman, members of the church made their concerns about the pastor’s conduct known to leadership, but he claims, “We were lied to. We were gaslit.”