No porn-again Christian
Online ministry aids X-rated addicts
By James Prichard, Associated Press
Jun. 16, 2007

Brian McGinness had an insatiable appetite for porn.

Day after day, for more than eight years, he spent countless hours surfing the Web for it, usually on a computer that he used after business hours at his old job.

Because of his compulsion to view pornography, McGinness spent more time away from home, so he lied to his wife about having to work overtime in the evenings. He felt guilty about what he was doing, believing that it was morally wrong and knowing that it was keeping him from his spouse and their two young children. But he also felt unable to control himself.

All that started to change one Saturday morning in December after he attended a breakfast of “Porn and Pancakes” organized by XXXChurch.com, an online ministry created to get Christians talking about their X-rated addictions. The site offers information on how and where to get help, links to the ministry’s podcasts, “accountability” software that tracks Internet sites visited by computer users and a list of upcoming appearances by members of “the X3 crew.” the rest