Publisher pulls book from Clinton’s pastor over plagiarism

The publisher of a book written by Hillary Clinton’s longtime pastor is discontinuing sales, citing newly discovered examples of plagiarism.

Abingdon Press has stopped sales of the book “Strong for a Moment Like This: The Daily Devotions of Hillary Rodham Clinton” by Rev. Bill Shillady and plans to destroy the rest of the book’s copies, CNN reported Tuesday.

Rev. Brian Milford, president of The United Methodist Publishing House, which owns Abingdon Press, said the publisher “has zero tolerance for plagiarism.”

“Consequently, we have discontinued sales, will remove existing copies from all sales outlets, and will have them destroyed along with our existing inventory,” Milford said.

{mosads}CNN previously reported that Shillady had plagiarized material in the book, which includes the pastor’s emails with Clinton during her Democratic presidential bid, prompting a review by the company that owns the book’s publisher.

Shillady had reportedly taken content from another pastor in a devotional he sent Clinton on the day she lost the election to Donald Trump.