In a tearful videotaped message Sunday to his congregation, the senior pastor of a thriving evangelical megachurch in south metro Denver confessed to sexual relations with other men and announced he had voluntarily resigned his pulpit.
A month ago, the Rev. Paul Barnes of Grace Chapel in Doug las County preached to his 2,100-member congregation about integrity and grace in the aftermath of the Ted Haggard drugs-and-gay-sex scandal.
Now, the 54-year-old Barnes joins Haggard as a fallen evangelical minister who preached that homosexuality was a sin but grappled with a hidden life.
It is truly sad watching hypocrisy destroy these peoples lives. But it is for their families that I feel the real empathy. If you are a gay person you should never have to feel that you cannot trust the people who love you with that information. Love should always be unconditional.
Even dogs know that love should always be unconditional.
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