Alienation of affection

Cover Story Sidebar | A divorce-related lawsuit alleges former lawmaker Chip Pickering carried on an affair while living at the Fellowship's C Street house | Jamie Dean

JACKSON, Miss.—The 79-year-old Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., sits nearly 1,000 miles away from the C Street house in Washington, D.C. But a startling connection narrows the distance: In a lawsuit filed in the Jackson courthouse last month, Leisha Pickering says her husband, former Republican congressman Charles "Chip" Pickering, carried on an affair while living at C Street, a Christian boarding house for male lawmakers who say they're seeking accountability while away from home (see "All in the family").

Mrs. Pickering's 14-page lawsuit against her husband's alleged mistress goes further: The wife and mother of Mr. Pickering's five sons, ages 10-19, says some of the "wrongful conduct" occurred in "Washington, D.C., at the C Street Complex."

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