It seems he was.
I gotta do more research on this, but it sure looks like the apple hit him a lot harder than previously thought.
Or maybe he was just smart enough to stockpile some insurance against having a “Galileo” done on him by The Church.
Hey, if I saw my pyre being built I’d find Jesus faster than Ted Haggard found astro-glide.

First link from CNN is dead. Second is good.