The youngest son of Rick Warren author of The Purpose Driven Life has committed suicide the evangelical pastor said in a letter to members of his church on Saturday. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
The youngest son of Rick Warren author of The Purpose Driven Life has committed suicide the evangelical pastor said in a letter to members of his church on Saturday.
Matthew Warren the youngest son of Warren and his wife Kay died after a long struggle with mental illness according to the statement from Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest Calif. The church asked for everyone to join us in praying for the entire Warren family on Saturday.
At 27 years of age Matthew was an incredibly kind gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many Saddleback Church said in the statement. Unfortunately he also suffered from mental illness resulting in deep depression and suicidal thoughts.
Matthew Warren was found dead of what appeared to be suicide by gunshot in his home in Mission Viejo Calif. said Supervising Deputy Dan Aikin of the Orange County Sheriff Coroner s Department. The estimated time of death was 10 a.m. on Friday morning.
The sheriff s department was called to the home at about 5 15 p.m. Aikin told NBC News. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton D N.Y. talks with Kay and Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest Calif. Thursday Nov. 29 2007.
Warren wrote about his son s death in an emotional letter to his church calling his son an incredibly kind gentle and compassionate man.
No words can express the anguished grief we feel right now Warren wrote in the letter. He had a brilliant intellect and a gift for sensing who was most in pain or most uncomfortable in a room. He d then make a bee line to that person to engage and encourage them.
In spite of America s best doctors meds counselors and prayers for healing the torture of mental illness never subsided Warren wrote to church members. Today after a fun evening together with Kay and me in a momentary wave of despair at his home he took his life.
Pastor Rick Warren's son 27 has committed suicide after struggling with mental illness for some time. Pastor Warren delivered the invocation at President Obama's 2008 inauguration. MSNBC's Craig Melvin reports.
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