A Baptist pastor who was revealed to be a member of Ashley Madison, the online adultery service that made headlines in July after it was being hacked, died from committing suicide, CNN Money reported.
Dr. John Gibson, 56, a professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's (NOBTS) Leavell College and a pastor at First Southern Baptist Church in Mississippi, was found dead by his wife Christi Gibson last Aug. 24.
A suicide note was also found and it discussed the issue with Ashley Madison. According to Gibson, her husband talked about how he could not forgive himself for the big shame.
Gibson also revealed to CNN that her husband committed suicide days after he was found to be a member of Ashley Madison.
According to a report from NY Daily News, the pastor came from a long line of Louisiana Baptist ministers.
He earned two graduate degrees, master of divinity and doctor of theology, from NOBTS. He was a teacher to undergraduates in the seminary since 1998.
Upon learning of his death, the seminary suspended morning classes the day after the pastor was found dead and a memorial service was held last Aug. 28.
Meanwhile, in another Ashley Madison-related news report, three unidentified members of the popular adultery service filed a lawsuit against web hosting sites GoDaddy and Amazon Web Services for hosting sites that release stolen information.
The lawsuit, filed at the Arizona district court last Sept. 3 calls for $3 million in damages and losses, as reported in AZCentral.
Apart from the two web services, the three anonymous former Ashley Madison members are also suing the website operators that allowed people to search for personal details linked to the hacked dating service.
According to AZCentral report, a spokesman for GoDaddy has been reached for comment but said that the company declines to provide any when it comes to pending lawsuit.
