Reply #114: AP: Evangelist Tells Followers He's a 'Liar'

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Nov 5, 7:41 PM EST

Evangelist Tells Followers He's a 'Liar'

By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press Writer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Saying that he was a "deceiver and liar" who had given in to his dark side, the Rev. Ted Haggard confessed to sexual immorality Sunday in a letter read from the pulpit of the megachurch he founded.

The disgraced former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents 30 million evangelical Christians, apologized and said "because of pride, I began deceiving those I love the most because I didn't want to hurt or disappoint them."

"The fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality. And I take responsibility for the entire problem. I am a deceiver and a liar. There's a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all of my adult life," he said.

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