Nearly a year ago, Discovery Plus released the shocking series Hillsong: A Mega Church Exposedand of course the audience still had a lot to wonder about. So the world learned all about the star-studded Australian church that was once famous for attracting big names like Justin and Hailey Bieber. The film focuses on the scandal and controversy involving several male members of the church who committed “gross” acts of abuse of power. Of course, Jason Mays was one of them. An administrator, volunteer singer, and son of the head of human resources at the church, he was sexually assaulted by Anna Crenshaw. After the attack, Anna later learned that Jason was married to Ashley Mays, who is the subject of this article!
Meet Ashley Mays, Wife of Hillsong’s Jason Mays
Jason Mays’ wife, Hillsong member Ashley Mays, even became Anna’s volunteer leader after the attack when she confronted him in public.
Hillsong Church took no action against Jason for months after Anna’s report, and Jason initially denied the incident. But when it was finally confirmed, he was placed on paid leave.
At the time, Ashley had just given birth to her first child, but she was still leading Anna’s volunteer group. While Jason insisted that Anna was deliberately trying to come between him and his family.
In January 2020, Jason pleaded guilty to “indecent assault.” He was subsequently placed on two years of probation and required to undergo counseling. He was also banned from any ministry for 12 months. Meanwhile, Anna left Hillsong College and the church. The church’s general counsel eventually dismissed the lawsuit, responding that their ministry team would continue to care for Anna as they had always done while maintaining their duty of care to Jason, his wife, and their family as a church. “Jason’s actions have caused pain not only to Anna, but also to his wife Ashley, not to mention other family members,” he wrote in his final words.
To this day, Jason and Ashley are still together, married, and even happy.
The two got married on September 26, 2013. Four years later, on their anniversary, Jason was seen gushing about how Ashley was his first and only girlfriend, her best friend in the world, etc.
Then, on Valentine’s Day last year, Jason went on a rant about how his girl has been a pillar of strength over the past few “CRAZY” years. He went on to write on social media that he was pinching himself to think they’ve been together for a decade.
He called her by affectionate nicknames like “My Queen”, “My Lover”, “My Sun”, “My Moon”, “My Stars”, “My Little Pony” and many more.
So Jason has always been very talkative. He also credits his wife for inspiring him and being a great mother to their children.
Today, Ashley and her husband have two daughters, Charlie Dawn Mays and Holland Lively Mays. The first daughter is the eldest and turns 4 on August 15, 2022. While little Holland just turned 1 on May 3, 2022.
Ashley Mays Age
Ashley Mays will turn 31 in 2022.
What is Ashley Mays’s maiden name?
Before taking her husband’s last name, Ashley used the name Ashley Irving, which was her maiden name.
Not much is known about Ashley’s family background. However, we do know the names of a few other Irvings to whom she is related. They are Mikeah Irving, Kathy Irving (Russack), Dale Irving, Steve Irving, Joshua Irving, and Tony Irving.
We also learned the names of Ashley’s in-laws. They are John Mays and Kerri Mays.
Ashley Mays’s work
On her LinkedIn, Ashley Mays mentions working as a String Movement Coordinator at Hillsong Church. And that’s all she’s revealed about her job/career at the time of this writing.
Is Ashley Mays on IG?
Yes. Ashley Mays can be found on Instagram @ashmays_. But her page with 5,084 posts and 621 followers is private until December 31, 2022.
At the time, Ashley also didn’t seem to share much on her Facebook ‘Ashley Mays (Irving)’.
Meanwhile, she still regularly appears on her husband’s Instagram account @jasonmays.
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Where is Ashley Mays from?
Ashley Mays was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. It has been her home ever since, and for a long time now. But she and her family have moved to London, UK, possibly in mid-2022.
Jason later took to his Instagram to share how he and Ashley came to this decision after being exhausted and heartbroken over the past year.
As for the question of “why the UK?”, he explained that they had just found out he was born a British citizen. So, he said, Ashley and the girls could apply for spousal and dependent visas. Jason flew to London for the first time in February 2022 to arrange for them to have an apartment, a car and nursery school for the children.
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What is Ashley Mays’ birthday?
Ashley Mays celebrated her birthday on August 12, just three days after her eldest daughter’s. Last year, when they celebrated their 30th and 3rd birthdays in lockdown just three days apart, Jason said it felt like a giant fun marathon.
Ashley Mays is over 5’6″.