'I've been completely cleansed of this sin': Married Christian vlogger admits to being an Ashley Madison love cheat but says his wife has forgiven him - and blames his actions on 'fleshly, sinful desires'

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Christian vlogger Sam Rader has admitted to having an Ashley Madison account in an online confession after Daily Mail Online revealed he was a paying subscriber to the cheating website.

In a new YouTube video and accompanying caption, the father-of-two - whose alleged miscarriage video with his wife, Nia, went viral this month - admits he is a 'sinner - and a hopeless one at that'.

He says that he set up an account on the website two years ago - before he started vlogging - with the intention of having an affair, but 'never came to close' to actually being with another woman.

He adds that both his spouse and God have forgiven him for his actions, which were driven by 'pure fleshly desire and sinful curiosity'. 'So I've been completely cleansed of this sin,' he insists.

Confession: Christian vlogger Sam Rader has admitted to having an Ashley Madison account in a YouTube video. Above, Rader, 29, is pictured alongside his wife, Nia - who has forgiven him - in the confession video

Revelation: Stolen Ashley Madison account details shared on Twitter and  4chan show (pictured) Mr Rader’s name, his town of Terrell, Texas, and a zip code which Daily Mail Online can verify matches his home address

Looking for another woman: They also show the user registered under his name @becausethatswhy.com. Mr Rader registered that domain name in 2011. This screengrab (pictured) is a continuation of the one above

Mr Rader, 29, allegedly made two $189 payments to the infidelity service - which has 37million users - in September 2013, according to stolen data shared by hackers and seen by Daily Mail Online.

This is the same month that his second child was born and he celebrated four years of marriage with his 26-year-old wife. Another four $14 payments were listed under his name on the database.

In his video confession, Mr Rader acknowledges his name has been linked to an Ashley Madison account and says he wants to 'clarify' the claims because he 'owes it' to his YouTube followers. 

Looking somber and with Mrs Rader sitting behind him, he says: 'I did make the account. I made the account two years ago. This is an issue that is in our past. This was before I got onto YouTube.

'I brought this to our church at the time, when I first started… this was brought to my wife's attention. She has forgiven me for this mistake that I have made in opening the account.

'I sought forgiveness to God and he has forgiven me. So I've been completely cleansed of this sin.'

As Mrs Rader watches her husband intently, Mr Rader goes on to stress that he has 'never met with a single person face-to-face' through the website and has never had an affair during his marriage.

'I'm a sinner': In his new YouTube video and accompanying caption, father-of-two Mr Rader - whose alleged miscarriage video with his wife, Nia, went viral this month - admits he is a 'sinner - and a hopeless one at that'

Forgiveness: He says that he set up an account on the website two years ago - before he started vlogging - with the intention of having an affair, but 'never came to close' to actually being with another woman. Above, the vlogger's wife speaks herself at the end of the footage, revealing she 'stands behind' her husband

Married: Mr Rader and his wife (both pictured) host Sam & Nia on YouTube. They have two children together

'I need to be clear that I never had an affair with anybody ever while I've been married,' he says.

'This account was opened out of pure fleshly desire and just simple curiosity.'

He adds that even Christians are 'broken people' who can sin. 

At the end of the footage, titled 'Forgiven', Mrs Rader herself says a few words.

'I have forgiven Sam and I stand behind him. This is in our past and it's unfortunate that it's being dug up right now but our marriage is worth fighting for and it always will be,' she says.

She also urges other married couples who are going through similar issues to not give up.

'Marriage is the real deal,' she says, before placing her hand lovingly on her husband's shoulder.

In the caption of the video, Mr Rader further explains his actions two years ago, writing: 'It was clearly a bad moment in my life and I acted on a sinful desire to be with another woman.'

This is a grab of the first transaction in September 2013, the same month Mr Rader's second child was born, and he celebrated four years of marriage with Nia

This is one of six screengrabs showing transactions from a Terrell, Texas-based Samuel Rader. This shows a payment of $14 made in October 2013

Altogether the records imply that he bought a total of around 800 credits. His profile ceases to be active after the final payment of $14 in November 2013 (pictured)

He adds: 'It’s easy to watch our [YouTube] channel and think of us as a perfect family, but that’s simply far from actual reality. However, I am definitely not the man that I was then.

'I pursue my relationship with Christ on a daily basis and have since been involved in a weekly discipleship. We have our issues with sin like anyone else in the world. This is just one instance of my fallen self, one example of my imperfection and my fleshly desires. 

'I will let you down, your friends and family will let you down, and yourself will let you down, just as I have let myself and family down. But Christ doesn’t let anyone down, which is why we are called to put our identity in Him and nothing and nobody else. 

'My wife and I plan to move forward as normal with our vlog, as we will not allow Satan any foothold in our lives. I have no doubts that we will continue to be attacked and shamed as we live our lives for Jesus in the public eye. It’s the reality of our humanness.'

The YouTube video and caption were posted late on Friday night - just hours after Daily Mail Online exclusively revealed that stolen data showed Mr Rader was a paying subscriber to Ashley Madison.

Account details shared on Twitter and 4chan – allegedly taken from the hacked website data – show Mr Rader’s name, his town of Terrell, Texas, and a zip code that matches his home address.

They also reveal the user registered under an email address consisting of his name @becausethatswhy.com. Mr Rader registered that domain name in 2011.

The email comes up as a certified member of Ashley Madison on the many sites now established for suspicious spouses to check on their partner.  

Ashley Madison is freely accessible site but users must buy credits to send messages: $49 gets 100 credits, while $250 earns 1,000 credits and a money-back 'affair guarantee' if you don't have an affair within three months.who also works as a photographer,

Altogether the records imply that Mr Rader bought a total of around 800 credits. However, his profile ceases to be active after the final payment in November 2013.

Hackers released data showing personal data of 37 million people who subscribed to Ashley Madison, which operates under the tagline, 'Life is short. Have an affair.' 

Viral: The Raders became an internet sensation in August this year with two videos - one that showed Sam 'surprising' Nia with the news that she was pregnant, another announcing she had miscarried. In the first video, Sam went into the bathroom after Nia, who supposedly forgot to flush (left and right)

Positive result: He then showed viewers the pregnancy test had flashed up positive (above)

Disbelief: At first Nia, his wife of five years, supposedly didn't believe she was pregnant with her third child

Delight: But then she screamed and their two daughters looked on in excitement as Sam insisted it was real

Tech experts have since made spreadsheets from the raw data and published them online including each paying user's name, home address, credit card details, IP address, email address and how much they paid for the service. 

Mr Rader's manager told Daily Mail Online, 'we are not going to comment on this right now' in a phone call on Friday morning as Sam and Nia appeared at a vlogging conference in Seattle.

Calls and emails to Sam directly have gone unanswered. 

The couple, who have more than 360,000 subscribers to their YouTube channel, have built an enormous fan base by documenting life with their two young daughters, aged four and two, in Terrell, Texas.

With an income of $9.60 per 1,000 non-skippable advert views, according to Buzzfeed, they could earn hundreds of thousands of dollars.

They became an internet sensation in August this year with two videos - one that showed Sam 'surprising' Nia with the news that she was pregnant, another announcing she had miscarried.

Family: This is the Rader family (pictured together, right) attending a church service in their native Texas

New parents: The couple are seen on September 18, 2013, with their youngest daughter shortly after the birth

In the first video, reported internationally, Sam went into the bathroom after Nia, who supposedly forgot to flush. He dropped a pregnancy test in the toilet and, when it flashed positive, broke the news to Nia - on camera. 

Just days later, they released a second video, tearfully informing their fans that Nia had miscarried. The video went viral.

Critics questioned the validity of Nia's miscarriage, which came just days after Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan spoke out about their miscarriages, making it a headline issue.  

Proud Christians, the Raders hit back claiming their detractors were targeting them for their faith.

In a previous video, Sam spoke about values and his love for Nia.

'I want to be the man that I want my daughter to marry,' he tells viewers. 

Proud father-to-be: Mr Rader proudly shared this picture with a heavily pregnant Nia on September 9, 2013

'We've miscarried': Just days after the pregnancy announcement, the couple released a second video, tearfully informing their fans that Nia had miscarried. Critics questioned the validity of their miscarriage