I have two extraordinary daughters, who, I can say proudly, are doing very well in school and in piano. Daughters are a father's joy.

I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man.

As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.

More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a kid who did good, who worked hard and met every expectation. I strove to achieve in the excessive way that psychotherapists tend to regard with concern.

I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

I'm enjoying prison ministry, particularly with the women in Hudson County Jail who have suffered tremendously in their lives.