Pastor Commits Suicide After Being Exposed on Ashley Madison Website

Pastor John Gibson committed suicide less than a week after his name was exposed on the Ashley Madison adultery website due to hackers. According to his wife, Gibson struggled with depression and addiction in the past and was worried that he would lose his job because of the negative exposure. The pastor’s lifeless body along with a suicide note was found by his wife, Christi, in their home.

In addition to being the pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Pearlington, Mississippi, the 56-year-old taught at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. The family felt Gibson’s exposure was not so bad that it could not be forgiven, but reportedly the pastor was very remorseful and could not live with the shame. When speaking of Gibson’s suicide, his wife said:

It was a moment that life does not prepare you for. I had to call my kids. How do you tell your kids that their dad is gone and that he took his own life?

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