Benny Hinn admits "friendship" with Paula White, but claims ended

CAN YOU BE SO ipocrita Evangelist Benny Hinn recently admitted at a crusade in Oakland, California, have had a "friendship" with fellow minister Paula White while still married and after a tabloid published a photo of the two holding hands in Rome on July 13. However, the minister said he recognized the relationship ended. "Yes we developed a friendship," Hinn said of White in Oakland on July 30. "Hear this: No immorality whatsoever. Such people are implying that we had an affair. That's a lie." Hinn invited his daughters Natasha and Eleasha on stage in Oakland and asked the crowd to pray for him, his wife, Suzanne, and their four children. He said he and his wife, which is separated, had problems in their marriage for years and "could no longer live in the same house." Hinn's wife, Suzanne, filed for divorce in February after the couple years had separated. The divorce has not been finalized. Hinn aired segments of the Oakland crusade and made ​​additional comments in your program This is Your Day on TBN Aug. 5, the day after their 31 wedding anniversary. A ministry executive said the program will air on other networks this week, including on Daystar Friday. Hinn told the crowd in Oakland that the Vatican named him patron of the arts and invited him to visit Rome. He said the sponsors are asked to get donors to maintain the Vatican's art collection, and he wanted White to become a donor. "I allowed him to come with me to Rome to donate money," Hinn said. "That was stupid on my part and for that I apologize." tabloid The National Enquirer published in its issue of August 2 photos of Hinn walking around Rome with White holding hands. The article, which was released on July 23, said the two spent three nights together in a five-star hotel Hinn booked under a false name. Hinn said in Oakland that he and White found "something in common" after she appeared in your program This Is Your Day in late May. White and her former husband, Randy, went through a very public divorce in 2007. She is now the pastor of the church in Tampa that they founded, Without Walls International Church and has his own television show called Paula Today . Hinn said he and White were never alone in Rome, but claimed that ended the friendship with her ​​after the tabloid published the article. "I said, 'Paula, we can not be friends now.'" He admitted that contributed to the breakdown of his marriage by putting ministry first his family. "I was so busy in the ministry, so involved in ministry, I forgot about my family," Hinn said. "That probably was what destroyed everything." He said he often preached that ministry came first, acknowledging that he knew that teaching hurt his children. "You know what, that's wrong," he said of such teaching. "I'm here to admit I was wrong because the call of God first should touch the family. If you have family, you can not go forward anyway." Hinn admitted that he and his wife had "challenges" but said I did not expect her to end the marriage. "We struggled for a long time and often asked: Do you divorciarías of me?" Hinn said. "She said, 'Never, because I greatly fear God', said: 'My covenant is with God, not you.' And I guess he could not take it anymore and one day to my surprise it did. " Hinn said it was too painful to talk about their marital problems, noting that he and his wife had separated long before they submit an application for divorce. "We had to keep quiet to protect the ministry, the Lord's work," he said. "But sadly when you're a public figure, everything you do is public." "No matter how strong you are," Hinn said. "Whether the anointing of God is strong in you. Nobody wants to be alone. No matter who. I am a human being like you." Hinn said he remains focused on the Lord's work. He added: "I will continue serving Jesus with all my being and what the future holds for me, that's his business."