My dear, dear friends and brothers and sisters in Christ, at this time I want to offer you my sincerest, most heartfelt apology, and tell you how deeply troubled I am about a series of terrible mistakes which recently occurred.

In my street preaching, in my fundraising efforts for this great and noble church, and in all of my affairs activities in every aspect of my life, I have always strived to uphold the highest standards of moral and ethical conduct, and I have always demanded from myself a higher standard of behavior than anybody else would ever have expected from me.

There are those who claim the original Hebrew word for "sin" was an archery term, meaning "to miss" or "to miss the mark." Well friends, I missed the mark. Despite my best efforts and my best intentions, I allowed Satan to exploit my weakness and trick me into taking my eyes off the prize, which is faithfulness and obedience to the Lord's word.

Beginning on February 2, I made a series of very bad decisions as evidence of my past transgressions began to come out.

I am deeply, deeply sorry to all of you. You are owed an apology, my family is owed an apology, this church is owed an apology, and most of all, Jesus Christ is owed an apology.

I have entered into a program of intensive spiritual therapy and re-education. With the kindness and support of this church's pastors and counselors, I am prayerfully hopefull that I will soon be once again taking confident steps as I walk the path of righteousness.

I thank you for your time. I now plan to be alone with my God and my beautiful family (until 4:30AM tomorrow when I have to get up for group prayer therapy). I ask that you please respect my family's need for privacy during this difficult time.

Thank you and God bless you.