Hours after The Daily Mail revealed that Rader paid for an account on the affair site, he and his wife Nia announced, via vlog, that his transgressions were absolved.
“This was brought to my wife’s attention. She has forgiven me for this mistake that I have made in opening the account. I have sought forgiveness from God and he has forgiven me,” Rader continues. “So I have been completely cleansed of this sin.”
The Daily Mail reported that Rader made six payments to Ashley Madison in 2013. In the defensive video, however, Rader emphasizes, with Nia by his side, that he “never met with a single person face-to-face,” adding that “This account was opened out of pure fleshly desire and just simple curiosity.”