“Still,” he said, “I want to say I’m sorry to everyone I have hurt. I am truly sorry. It is my hope and prayer that all those I have hurt will receive healing, mercy, and hope from the Merciful Healer and Hope-Giver.”
Tait said that he started on his path of to “health, healing, and wholeness” before news of his misconduct broke last week. He credited “a small circle of clinical health professionals, loving family, caring friends, and wise counselors—all of whom saw my brokenness and surrounded me with love, grace, and prayer.”
“Sin is a terrible thing,” Tait stated. It takes “us places we don’t want to go,” keeps “us longer than we want to stay,” and costs “us more than we want to pay.”
“I accept the consequences of my sin and am committed to continuing the hard work of repentance and healing—work I will do quietly and privately, away from the stage and the spotlight,” Tait said.
Tait said that he accepts the fact that people might have lost respect, faith, or trust in him due to his “sinful behavior.” But, he added, “it crushes me to think that someone would lose or choose not to pursue faith and trust in Jesus because I have been a horrible representative of Him—for He alone is ultimately the only hope for any of us.”
The Christian music icon concluded with King David’s prayer of repentance in Psalm 51, sharing that it has been his prayer for this year:
Have mercy upon me, God, according to Your lovingkindness…Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me…Create in me a new heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
