MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Juan McFarland is the pastor of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. And he is caught up in a sex scandal. But who is he really?

McFarland is also the recently elected moderator of the 34-church Alabama Middle District Missionary Baptist Association.

On Wednesday, it was disclosed by AL.com that his church elders voted to remove him as pastor on Sunday. The move came after McFarland admitted in a series of sermons starting on Sept. 14 that he had sex with women in the congregation, sometimes in the church building; that he used illegal drugs such as cocaine, while pastor; and that he had kept secret a diagnosis of HIV since 2003.

WSFA of Montgomery reported late Wednesday night that McFarland now has AIDS.

On Wednesday night, a former Shiloh deacon who heard his sermons told AL.com that McFarland is not taking medicine to counteract the effects of his illness.

McFarland is a longtime Montgomery resident, and has been pastor of Shiloh church since 1990.

In his biography, he reminds his congregation that the New Testament says that "faith without works is dead."

His official church biography, viewable on the church website, says nothing about his childhood or his education. It ends with this interesting claim: "This overview of Pastor/Moderator McFarland does not begin to tell his story."

It is unclear at this time if McFarland is still pastor. Nathan Williams Jr., the former chairman of the deacons, says McFarland is no longer the Shiloh pastor.

But Williams also admitted that McFarland has the keys to the church, and may have changed the locks on Monday.

Edited at 9:50 a.m.