“2nd pastor resigns over gay sex scandal”:

Paul Barnes, founding pastor of the 2,100-member Grace Chapel in [South Denver], told his evangelical congregation in a videotaped message he had had sexual relations with other men and was stepping down.

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On the videotape, which The Post was allowed to view, Barnes told church members: “I have struggled with homosexuality since I was a 5-year-old boy. … I can’t tell you the number of nights I have cried myself to sleep, begging God to take this away.”

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