The hypocrisy of some church leaders knows no bounds. Last week Caribbean Business Report told of a New Jersey pastor, Rev Cedric Miller who instructed his congregation at the Living Word Christian Fellowship Church to delete their accounts with the social networking site Facebook because it could lead to marital trouble and couples hooking-up with old flames. He declared that Facebook was “a portal to infidelity”

“I’ve been in extended counseling with couples with marital problems because of Facebook for the last year and a half. What happens is someone from yesterday surfaces, it leads to conversations and there have been physical meet-ups. The temptation is just too great,” said Rev Cedric Miller.

Now it transpires that the good reverend is not quite the paragon of virtue he is purporting to be. According to testimony in a New Jersey court, Rev Cedric Miller admitted to having threesome sex with his wife and a male church assistant.

Rev Cedric Miller is reported to have said, “It has come to my attention that a very painful part of my past has resurfaced. My life as a minister, husband, father and friend has led me to the conviction that I must do all that I can help as many people strengthen, preserve and repair the often times fragile cords of marriage.”

Last week, the pastor ordered 50 married church officials to delete their Facebook accounts or give up their positions in the church.

The Ashby Park Press has reported extensively on the sexual peccadilloes of the Rev. Cedric Miller who claims his wife had an extramarital affair with a church assistant and that he was present at many of their meetings.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook has 400 million users and is expected to rack up revenues of between US$1.2 billion and US$2 billion this year. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers say 81 per cent of its members have used or been faced with evidence taken from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social networking sites in divorce cases over the last five years. According to a 2008 report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, about one in five adults use Facebook for flirting. Facebook has not commented on the pastor’s comments regarding the social networking site. Miller told the Associated Press that in light of his 10-year old affair and his threesome he will be taking some time off.