A pastor in the United States, John Gibson, has committed suicide over adultery
Pastor John Gibson(pictured with wife above and with his family right) committed suicide according to foreign media reports six days after his name was exposed by hackers of adultery website, the Ashley Madison.
CNN said the deceased’s wife, Christi Gibson discovered her husband’s body — and a suicide note which chronicled his demons and his shame at being exposed — in their New Orleans home on August 24.
“He talked about depression. He talked about having his name on there, and he said he was just very, very sorry,”Gibson said as their adult son and daughter sat next to her in a New Orleans studio.
“Nothing is worth the loss of a father and a husband and a friend. It just didn’t merit it. It didn’t merit it at all.”
In addition to his work as a pastor, Gibson, 56, taught at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Gibson said her husband, who had struggled with depression and addiction in the past, was worried that he would lose his job.
“It wasn’t so bad that we wouldn’t have forgiven it, and so many people have said that to us, but for John, it carried such a shame,” she told CNN.
Ashley Madison, launched in 2001, is known for its slogan: “Life is short. Have an affair.” It helps connect people seeking to have extramarital relationships and is owned by Avid Life Media.
According to authorities, the company became aware of the hack on July 12 when staff were greeted in the morning with a message on their computers threatening to leak client information unless the Ashley Madison website was “shut down immediately, permanently.”
Source: CNN
