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Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastWhen a married pastor going through a period of “deep anguish and despair” told a fellow clergyman he needed to confess a sin, he twice asked for, and says he received, an iron-clad guarantee of absolute confidence.But after Rev. Anthony H.T. Stephens admitted to having had an inappropriate relationship with a former congregant, the revelation promptly made its way to the presiding bishop, who contacted Stephens’ wife (also a...

When a potentially ruinous secret was divulged to his wife, it “was like the sacraments turning poison,” Rev. Anthony H.T. Stephens told The Daily Beast.

Defrocked Lutheran pastor Rev. Anthony H Stephens is suing the church for $1.5 million after he lost his job when he confided in a colleague about an affair with a congregant who then told his wife.