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Title: Pastor Quits After Revealing Same-Sex Relations [Another One!]
Source:
NY Times
URL Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/u ... 1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
Published: Dec 12, 2006
Author: NEELA BANERJEE
Post Date: 2006-12-12 01:35:47 by Trace21231
Keywords: None
Views: 243
Comments: 7
The senior pastor of a suburban Denver evangelical church resigned Sunday after admitting to having had sexual relations with men. The move apparently came after the pastor was confronted by another minister in his church who had been alerted by an anonymous caller, The Denver Post reported. The resignation of the pastor, the Rev. Paul Barnes, from the pulpit of the 2,100-member Grace Chapel megachurch in Englewood came by way of a tearful, 32-minute videotaped address to his congregation. His departure occurred a month after the Rev. Ted Haggard quit as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs when a former male prostitute disclosed that Mr. Haggard had had a sexual relationship with him. Dave Palmer, the associate pastor of Grace Chapel, told The Post that the church received a call last week from a person who had overheard someone speak of “blowing the whistle” on other evangelical ministers in clandestine homosexual relationships, among them Mr. Barnes. Mr. Palmer then spoke with Mr. Barnes. A spokeswoman for Grace Chapel said that church leaders had declined to comment further. A statement issued by the church on Sunday said that Mr. Barnes, who founded Grace Chapel 28 years ago, had confessed to infidelity; it did not mention homosexuality. Mr. Barnes said in his address that he had struggled with his attraction to men since he was 5, The Post said. The only time Mr. Barnes said he had talked to his father about sex, his father told him what he would do if a gay man, for which he used a derogatory term, walked up to him. Mr. Barnes recalled thinking, “ ‘Is that how you’d feel about me?’ It was like a knife in my heart, and it made me feel even more closed,” The Post said. Justin Lee, a self-described gay evangelical, said many men had written messages to his Web site, http://gaychristian.net, telling of anguish similar to what Mr. Barnes described. “The church has created a double standard that all of us are sinful and have temptations and need to be open about that — unless you’re gay,” Mr. Lee said. Mr. Barnes’s wife, Char, told The Post she had been unaware of her husband’s struggles. The couple has two adult daughters. Mr. Barnes avoided preaching about politics, and Grace Chapel did not take a stand on a recent successful ballot initiative backed by most of Colorado’s megachurches banning same-sex marriage.
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#1. To: Trace21231 (#0)
Perhaps he wasn't a rapture nutter.
Utter nonsense. (I can see a 5 year old looking upon a 40 year old man with lust in his heart. Not only is Barnes a fag, he's a liar too.) The agenda is to make others believe that this is just an uncontrollable alternative lifestyle. Using priests and preachers to convey the message is an attack upon the family and morals. There will be many of these "outings" ... so much so that they will become "routine" !
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined." Patrick Henry
A very unfortunate choice of words...
is this being covered in your local news?
Heard about it on the Denver KOA radio station yesterday, a quick glance at the really aweful Colo Springs Gazette shows nada.
Um... Just out of curiosity, WHO FUCKING CARES??? People come out of the closet every day, from every walk of life. How is it that this made the news? Do people know how many gay clergy there are in the world??? THERE ARE MANY. They're human beings, and of course have their proclivities, and to expect that all clergy would be straight is laughable. Considering from a historical perspective of the Catholic Church has been rife with homosexuals, and pedophiles in their ranks. Again... This is NON-NEWS. I wonder what happened in Colorado that was far more insidious that wasn't reported?
Mr. Barnes avoided preaching about politics, and Grace Chapel did not take a stand on a recent successful ballot initiative backed by most of Colorado’s megachurches banning same-sex marriage.
#2. To: Trace21231 (#0)
Mr. Barnes said in his address that he had struggled with his attraction to men since he was 5 ....
#3. To: Trace21231 (#0)
Dave Palmer, the associate pastor of Grace Chapel, told The Post that the church received a call last week from a person who had overheard someone speak of “blowing the whistle” on other evangelical ministers in clandestine homosexual relationships, among them Mr. Barnes. Mr. Palmer then spoke with Mr. Barnes.
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#4. To: tom007, ... (#0)
#5. To: christine (#4)
is this being covered in your local news?
#6. To: Trace21231 (#0)
 | This country's priorities are all fucked up. |
#7. To: Trace21231 (#0)
... or a pedophile, or a cross-dresser, or into S & M, or a drug user, or you beat your wife or kids ... Gimme a break. The only "sinful desires" most Christians will ever admit to are stuff like "I envy my neighbors nice shutters" or "I once cheated on my golf game"... This silly man acts surprised that there is hypocricy in a big, acceptable, conformist church. What does he think Pharisees were? Some first century abberration?
"The church has created a double standard that all of us are sinful and have temptations and need to be open about that — unless you’re gay,” Mr. Lee said.
the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal bread.
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