ATLANTA (FOX 5) – There was yet another twist in the saga between televangelist Juanita Bynum and her estranged husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks III, this one involved text messages.  Weeks said Thursday that many things went into his guilty plea, including text messages he says came from Bynum pleading with him to stop the case from going to trial.

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“This is something nobody wants to go through,” said Weeks.

Weeks said anyone who thinks he got off lightly with three years probation following his guilty plea to assaulting his wife, Bynum should walk a mile in his shoes.

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“I don’t know if it’s a slap on the wrist.  Essentially, there was a lot that went into this.  Six and a half months.  No one knows the pain and penalty of your name being drug through the media at different levels, different ways,” said Weeks.

 The 40 year-old minister said one of the reasons he was speaking out was because he wanted people to know the full story.

Weeks shared text messages with FOX 5 that he said Bynum sent him Monday night after seeing him for her deposition in their divorce, just hours before his trial was to start.
   
The text message Weeks said came from Bynum read, “Today in that room I felt us!!!! The us we were when we first got married!!!!!!!! “Wesley, we can come back from this…as long as we got each other and we are willing to face the truth about each other, we can be bigger than we ever was….”

The text concluded, “God can rebuild what we have…plz don’t let this go to trial…plz protect us…you can turn all of this around…I still believe in you!!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.”

Weeks said those who want to know more about his future and the future of his relationship to his estranged wife should read his new book coming out in a few days, “What Love Taught Me.”

Weeks made it clear that he had no plans for a reconciliation of the marriage.
        
Weeks said he is going to go take some time off and won’t be preaching this week, before refocusing on his Duluth ministry Easter Sunday.