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Published: 06/15/10

Mark Souder On His 'Torrid' Affair: 'How Could I Compartmentalize It So Much?'

By  David Gibson - Politics Daily
Mark Souder On His 'Torrid' Affair: 'How Could I Compartmentalize It So Much?'

Mark Souder, the former GOP congressman and standard-bearer of the Christian right who resigned last month after confessing to a long-running affair with a staffer, says even his faith wasn't strong enough to conquer sin and the "spark" of infatuation that ignited into a "torrid" affair over eight years. In "Lessons from a broken man," the cover story of the next edition of WORLD, a popular evangelical magazine, Souder offers a number of revealing glimpses into his struggles to stay faithful to his wife, and the political pressure cooker that he says can destroy the Beltway marriages of even ...

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