Televangelist Priest Confesses Affair With Cousin
Manning and KotowskiPhoto: Trinity Network
The Rev. Michael Manning, who runs a worldwide televised ministry, admitted to breaking his vow of celibacy—with his second cousin, Nancy Kotowski. In response to admitting the affair, Manning has taken a leave of absence from his ministry. Kotowski, a school superintendent in Monterey County, CA, broke off her sexual relationship with Manning three years ago, but Manning is using his personal experience as a platform to discuss changing the rules that say priests must remain celibate. "The reality is I was living two lives: one as a priest who was vowed to celibacy and another life as a sexually active man in our sexual intimacy," Manning wrote to
his cousin. "We've been such good friends, and there's a deep love we have for each other. The sexuality was secondary. It's very hard when you care for someone, but I love my priesthood more. I admit the fact of my sinfulness. I've done wrong. That's why I've stopped." Manning appears on "The Word in the World," a weekly show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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