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Thursday 10 September 2015

US pastor committed suicide after his name was exposed in Ashley Madison adultery website

John Gibson, a US pastor committed suicide six days after his name was exposed by hackers of the Ashley Madison adultery website, his wife, Christi Gibson told CNN.
 
Canadian police have said that at least two suicides were linked to the leak of 32 million customer profiles from the Canada-based site last month. Christi Gibson discovered her husband’s body and a suicide note which chronicled his demons & 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.
 
      "What we know about him is that he poured his life into other people, and he offered grace and mercy and forgiveness to everyone else, but somehow he couldn’t extend that to himself."
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.” The message was accompanied by rockers AC/DC’s song “Thunderstruck.”
 
Ashley Madison ran into more trouble when tech news site Gizmodo looked at the leaked data and concluded that it showed little if any activity from the site’s purported female members, suggesting many accounts were in fact fake.
 
Avid Life Media rejected the analysis and said the site has registered hundreds of thousands of new members including real women, in the wake of the hack, which has garnered massive media attention.
 
Tributes to Gibson poured in from students and faculty who remembered him as a kind, generous man who would repair student’s vehicles in his spare time. He was pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Pearlington, Mississippi. He obtained a doctorate of theology from the seminary and was elected to the faculty in 1998, the obituary said.
 
Source: AFP

68 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh!.. Not fair at all.. This hackers won't go unpunished for ruining people's marriages

Mr_SouL Get Naija Twitter/IG followers/7AB109CB said...

See watin Hackers don cause o, Hope d numbers won't increase

STERN said...

Hehehe good for you man. Shame no gree you show face to congregation again. Safe trip to hell. I hope I see you in heaven tho..

Blog It With Olivia said...

U really start living well the moment u stop giving a fuck to what ppl says!
He committed adultery αи∂ so fucking what??? He's very stupid for commiting suicide cos that's not d solution....
Nobody is without blemishes, don't see any cool reason as to why he rushed to die, he could have waited cos he will still die u knw!
May his soul RIP though...
But its high time some ppl stop living just to please others, no matter d shameful thing they did, no one doesn't have a dark side, that's just †ђξ truth










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Unknown said...

Chai! Just like that?


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Blog It With Olivia said...

U really start living well the moment u stop giving a fuck to what ppl says!
He committed adultery αи∂ so fucking what??? He's very stupid for commiting suicide cos that's not d solution....
Nobody is without blemishes, don't see any cool reason as to why he rushed to die, he could have waited cos he will still die u knw!
May his soul RIP though...
But its high time some ppl stop living just to please others, no matter d shameful thing they did, no one doesn't have a dark side, that's just †ђξ truth










#iT WiLL OnLY gEt BettER
#iT MusT eNd iN PrAiSE

Unknown said...

Heya















***odikwa risky nd tyt***

Bonita Bislam said...

Choiiiiii I no fit shout

Unknown said...

Smh......Pastor pastor! *lips sealed* Rip anyways!

Anonymous Personified said...

What a world and a bad way to end his life! Everyone is a victim. Depression is devil itself but suicide is not the answer.

Unknown said...

Better for him,he should finish the adultery with muhammed in hell fire.
Please remove that name pastor.
















#sad indeed

Unknown said...

Better for him,he should finish the adultery with muhammed in hell fire.
Please remove that name pastor.
















#sad indeed

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Eyahhhhhh

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

He couldn't take it I guess

Cute G said...

There was no need for suicide. God forgives in a large way. People have done worse things. Well we cannot underestimate the power of depression. Comfort to his loved ones.

Unknown said...

Oooooooooh my...!
Eeya, sorry ehn
Y committing suicide now afterall Okotie and Oyakhilome are still in Naija enjoying themselves.

Unknown said...

RIP Pastor.

Pro. promisepompom@yahoo.com said...

Check outuuu naaa a pastor. Can't say anyfin else.

That vuvuzela P guy

Tondmakson said...

Oyinbo sha, I trust typical naija man, dem go still dey flex for street. This oyinbo self.

Unknown said...

Dis is sad!

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Double Wahala for dead body.
may his soul rest in peace.


~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Unknown said...

2 wrongs can never make a right. Oh wot a rash move!

Unknown said...

Tooooh o ga ooo...my website is in ur hand oluwa..This hackers self are very bad...and I pray to be like dem... I beg expose our politicians

Unknown said...

Rip

Maye73 said...

What a shame.

ary said...

Okay na! We all know where he is headed.

Unknown said...

And more would follow if something is not done quick. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

And more would follow if something is not done quick. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

And more would follow if something is not done quick. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Y killing himself bcos of what people will say? He gt no right to take his life, his nt the owner of it. He should apologise to his family and ask God for forgiveness.

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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May his soul RIP.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

Chai!!!

Unknown said...

pure stupidity, he should get ready to spend the rest of his dayz wif d devil



Aunty linda

Unknown said...

pure stupidity, he should get ready to spend the rest of his dayz wif d devil



Aunty linda

Unknown said...

pure stupidity, he should get ready to spend the rest of his dayz wif d devil



Aunty linda

Unknown said...

pure stupidity, he should get ready to spend the rest of his dayz wif d devil



Aunty linda

Unknown said...

The ashely madison exposure is really making people commit suicide sha.
People that cant bear shame.
I pray this is the last one.

Unknown said...

N he committed suicide? My God! That isn't d solution...y didn't he ask God to forgive him? y tk his life? Nw his gonna dine wit d devil in hell!!! Wasted life.

Unknown said...

Imma laugh my arse off....Oga pastor, but maka why nah?

Unknown said...

Its now you and your God

Unknown said...

Oh!

Wht a tragic way to end one's life...
No matter wht don't ever tak ur life bcos its own solely by d Lord and d pathway of suicide is hell.

SUPER HERO said...

Remind me again...He was a pastor? Ok

I B M bolubantin said...

No shame is worth taking ones life

Unknown said...

Hmmmmm so sad!!!he should have know better a pastir???suicide is never an options RIP to him may God comfort his family.

Anonymous said...

too bad
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obietrezy said...

Hahahahahaha... Him never see anything yet... Jor oh

Juleslouis said...

Aww! So awful! RIP

Unknown said...

Serves him right

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Anonymous said...

Eeya! Rip. I hope my ex bf also commits suicide

Unknown said...

What he should have done was to ask God, his wife nd congregation for forgiveness....

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Anonymous said...

Being a Pastor was a job to him. If he ever was saved, he backslid really bad. He committed adultery , after being exposed went on to take the life he didnt create. Now he will spend eternity in hell. How terrible! Don't mess with the devil, he is out to steal, kill and destroy (in the place of everlasting torment and gnashing of teeth)

Anonymous said...

Who is a saint?

Unknown said...

Its quite unfortunate. May his soul RIP....Amen.














#TeamBlessed#

Unknown said...

Did this pastor/theologian ever read about David and Solomon? SMH

Precious said...

LOL. US and suicide sef. just because of that small thing :(

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Amycool cyril said...

hackers na wahooo, pastor rest in peace

Anonymous said...

You lack values. You speak like an animal. The truly successful people are those who have learnt congruence. There are people without dark sides.

teetee said...

@ freeborn zinalima... May u b confused 4 d rest of ur life, may u neva find peace of mind. And i pray in d name of whateva God u worship dat ur marriage brks as a result of adultery by ur spouse dts if @ all u'l eva get married. It shall neva eva be well wt u. Amen

Unknown said...

yeye man

Anonymous said...

They ruined their own marriage not the hackers pls

Anonymous said...

Lie from pit of hell ur prayer will not alight but return to you according to the word/scripture...tell me by what word will ur prayer work???

Anonymous said...

Hey das too much..how can u be saying dis to a fellow human like u...pls control urself...

Anonymous said...

Thing is, most times we (including the pastors) forget that we are all humans and are not beyond errors which is why God has given us His grace. He shouldn't have judged himself so harsh. Anyone can make the same mistake.

Shalis said...

It's still not in their place to expose them, they are partly responsible for his death ...what a shame, the devil really has a way of getting into the men of God, only if they allow it..

Anonymous said...

What is there to enjoy in sin...

Unknown said...

Too bad

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