United Pentecostal Pastor Audley Castro Resigns Part 2

This is a continuation of our coverage on United Pentecostal Church minister Audley F. Castro, who was the long-term pastor of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church Of Pickering (APC) in Ontario, a legally affiliated UPCI church. It appears to be one of the largest UPCI churches in Ontario. (See Part One.)

Audley Castro resigned on July 9, 2025 amidst allegations of sexual misconduct allegedly spanning years. Until they vote on a new pastor, UPCI Ontario District Superintendent Arnold MacLauchlan and UPCI minister Winston Samuel Stewart, who has preached at the church in the past, will be serving as the interim pastors. For anyone who may disbelieve that he resigned as pastor, attached is a screenshot taken on July 16, 2025, showing he is no longer listed on the UPCI’s website. It is still unknown if he has turned in his UPCI license.

Prior to this, it had been shared that Castro had not been preaching at the church services since some point in late 2023 or early 2024, though he was still regularly seen on the platform and would appear in brief videos speaking about various topics. It had been alleged that he had been suspended from preaching and this was later verified to be true.

It has also been shared that many people were angry at the church member meeting on July 14, 2025 as questions were not allowed and some facts were allegedly misrepresented.

In the previous post I wrote, “This is not the first time he, and some others in the church, have been accused of wrongdoing.” Let’s look into this.
Attached are two screenshots of official announcements made by the church board back in 2021, which addressed allegations of moral wrongdoing that had been circulating.The first, dated November 23, 2021, stated in part, “Between August 14, 2021 and November 7, 2021, former members of our congregation published a series of videos on YouTube making several statements about the Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Pickering (‘APC’) and Reverend Audley Castro (‘Rev. Castro’).

“The statements contain serious allegations of moral wrongdoing which could undermine both Reverend Castro’s leadership and APC’s reputation in the community. The Board of APC takes these allegations very seriously and an investigation is underway to ascertain whether there is any factual basis to the statements. At this point, the Board has no knowledge of any truth to the allegations.”

They then shared a glowing report of Castro and said they would continue to support him and his family throughout their investigation.

Less than ten days later, on December 2, 2021, another letter was released and their investigation was completed. It was announced that, “All of the allegations with respect to Rev. Castro and APC have been determined to be both factually untrue and unfounded. The accusations have been unsubstantiated, and all appear to be entirely devoid of merit that were made with intention to damage and undermine the integrity, character and operations of APC ministries and Rev. Castro. It has also come to light that the publisher of these statements has made the same allegations against others within the last six months. At this time, the Board is seeking legal counsel about the best path forward.”

They reminded people of their previous glowing report on Castro and said that he and his family “continue to have our abiding love and support.”

Unless there was very compelling evidence to the contrary, nine days seems insufficient for a thorough and comprehensive investigation. Did they speak with those who made the videos, as well as the woman who allegedly became pregnant? Did they attempt to view medical records? Internal church investigations can be problematic, especially if those involved are loyal to the accused.

It should be noted that the YouTube videos were removed at some point.

This will be continued in a subsequent post.

I originally posted about this on July 16, 2025 on our Facebook Page.

You will find a complete list of articles in this series by clicking here.

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