article_snippet.sent: Ex pop star: Rev Richard coles (pictured) rose to fame as half of the band The Communards .
article_snippet.sent: For Richard Coles raised eyebrows by last year publishing a frank memoir which detailed not only he rise to fame as half of the famously gay 1980s pop band The Communards, alongside singer Jimmy Somerville, but also he enthusiasm for ‘dogging’
article_snippet.sent: The truth is, country parsons often have a more vivid past than you might think.’
article_snippet.sent: and it was while he was a chorister there that he realised he was gay.
article_snippet.sent: he moved to London, however, met Somerville, and they formed The Communards.
article_snippet.sent: he eventually conquered he shyness with other men when he discovered a lay-by where he could meet strangers and have sex in the woods at night.