Los Angeles’ most prominent black church, First AME Church is suing its former minister and his wife, along with seven trustees and employees of the church’s non-profit arm, accusing them of financial mismanagement.

Denise Hunter publicly denied the allegations against her and her husband, Rev. John Hunter, who was forced out after serving eight years with the congregation amid questions over his use of church credit cards and a settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

Denise Hunter called the allegations a “witch hunt.”

“We believe the lawsuit is totally frivolous,” Hunter, president of F.A.M.E. Corporations. “This was all orchestrated with the intent to damage my reputation and my husband’s reputation.

“But, I think for the people who have known me and my husband, the work we do in the community will speak for itself,” she said.