South Carolina pastor hires armed guards for contentious wedding ceremony
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A South Carolina pastor got married for the third time, just four years after his new wife’s late husband confronted him about an alleged affair days before he drowned to death.
John-Paul Miller married Suzie Skinner in a beach ceremony Sunday while armed guards protected the newlyweds, reported CBS affiliate WBTW.
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Freelance reporter Robbie Harvey noted that the couple’s seven combined children did not attend the wedding.
Skinner’s former husband, Chris Skinner, drowned in a swimming pool in 2021. He was a quadriplegic army veteran.
According to court documents, Chris accused Miller of having an affair with his wife just two weeks before his death. Miller maintained they were just friends and nothing was happening between the two of them, adding he had no connection to his death.
Both Skinners were congregation members at Miller’s church.
Miller’s third time tying the knot came after his second wife died more than a year ago under unusual circumstances.
Mica Miller, 30, was found dead in a North Carolina swamp in April 2024. Investigators officially ruled she died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Miller was the pastor at Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, S.C., before selling the 23-acre property earlier this year for more than $2 million, according to ABC affiliate WPDE, citing county land records.
In November, the pastor was arrested for assault and battery following an altercation with a protester who wanted justice for Miller’s second wife.
Friends and family of the deceased woman alleged Miller had a history of abuse and coercive control and that it contributed to her death.
Miller denied the abuse accusations and said his estranged wife needed help, claiming she was mentally ill.
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