Disgraced pastor (Ted Haggard) faces more gay sex accusations

[jefferson_dem]

Source: AP

Disgraced pastor faces more gay sex accusations
By ERIC GORSKI, AP Religion Writer Eric Gorski, Ap Religion Writer – 34 mins ago AP –

DENVER – Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard — a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image.

Brady Boyd, who succeeded Haggard as senior pastor of the 10,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs, told The Associated Press that the man came forward to church officials in late 2006 shortly after a Denver male prostitute claimed to have had a three-year cash-for-sex relationship with Haggard.

Boyd said an "overwhelming pool of evidence" pointed to an "inappropriate, consensual sexual relationship" that "went on for a long period of time ... it wasn't a one-time act." Boyd said the man was in his early 20s at the time. He said he was certain the man was of legal age when it began.

Reached Friday night, Haggard declined to comment and said all interviews would have to be arranged through a publicist for HBO, which is airing a documentary about him this month.

Boyd said the church reached a legal settlement to pay the man for counseling and college tuition, with one condition being that none of the parties involved discuss the matter publicly.

Boyd said a Colorado Springs TV station reached him Thursday to say the young man was planning to provide a detailed report of his relationship with Haggard to the station. Boyd said the church preferred to keep the matter private, but it was the man's decision to go public.


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[Sal Minella]

1. Good timing, since being an HBO sex celebrity will no doubt be more lucrative

than being a minister.

[lynnertic]

58. for him, at this point maybe, but priests are rolling in the dough.

You just don't know how good they have it.

[emilyg]

2. All I can say is Hee-hee.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. I guess this explains Ted's recent statements about him admitting to having "g(r)ay areas"

....and not being "cured" of his "evil homosexual urges" though of course he's "happy with his wife". I think he knew this story was about to (pardon the pun) come out.

Silly Ted..... did you really think you were going to be able to have a secret boyfriend AT CHURCH??

[Suich]

4. He's supposed to be on Larry King Monday.

Wonder if he'll cancel...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. THAT

I will not miss.

Thanks for the heads up...........

:toast:

[Suich]

26. Oops...sorry!

It's Blago on King on Monday. I know I saw previews for Haggard on some show...I'll let you know when I figure it out.

[Suich]

29. OK, he's on Larry King Thursday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOtUem4ZFcPt5_JdOaHQ1ePIz9ggD95T8IM01

Sorry for the confusion...next time I'll check before I post!

:toast:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

31. You doll!

Thank you for this.

It's not nice to laugh at people, but Ted Haggard keeps putting himself out there, and, well, what can you do?

Thanks again.

[Doctor_J]

5. I thought he'd been "cured" by Jesus

:eyes:

[Ken Burch]

25. well, only in the pork processing sense.

n/t.

[Ikonoklast]

30. Jesus turned him into SPAM?

:P

[Ken Burch]

36. Perhaps. Although that statement assumes that Spam actually CONTAINS pork

n/t.

[Bake]

67. Now c'mon! I love Spam!!

Short for "spiced ham." Slice it, fry it, mmmmmmmmmmm!

Bake

[No Elephants]

56. LOL!

[babylonsister]

7. Now they are feeding off each other. Sounds sick to me. nt

[8 track mind]

8. "Daaaaaaddd! Ted Haggard is in the closet and he won't come out!"

Sorry, couldn't resist!

:rofl:

[scytherius]

19. LOL Awesome. n/t

nt

[No Elephants]

55. Actually, seems as though he's way out from time to time.

[dbonds]

9. If anyone ever says that you have to resist the temptation of being gay... THEY ARE GAY.

You are not tempted unless you are gay. You are born that way and it is your natural orientation, not something to be resisted.

[NBachers]

10. What about Ted Nugent? Any revelations about him yet?

[Raster]

12. Ick!!! Why?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

13. If Nugent gets a job in a Junior High School:

Ph33r.

[NBachers]

35. OK, you win- I had to look that up

From Urban Dictionary:

"ph33r

Ultimate Fear
(it's worse because ph and two threes are used) threes are sharper than e's so when you are writing it it looks kinda scary. And it's thought provoking."

I'm kind of a standard traditional-rules kind of guy when it comes to spelling and grammar. We'll all be extinct sometime, I suppose.

[bertman]

14. Yep. He's an "out" dickhead.

[Crowman1979]

48. Not unless you heard the song "Tight Spots"

Here's a henry rollins rant about that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-TK1K452Ac

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Ted Haggard from Jesus Camp :

" I think I know what you did last night."

[shanti]

17. ick

did you have to remind us? that movie was chilling.

[MrScorpio]

15. So Haggard is just a hypocrite, instead of a pedophile hypocrite

That's a step up, isn't it?

[struggle4progress]

16. Dear Ted's Former Church: I have a suggestion. Go clothe the naked and feed the hungry.

You're providing me with more information than I need. I know I wasn't the only one who sinfully enjoyed a delicious moment of schadenfreude when bigmouth Ted was unsurprisingly exposed as a hypocrite. But the moment has passed. It is none of my business how Ted used to diddle with his pizzle or what he does with it now, and I frankly don't really want to know. Since you abruptly sent Ted on his way as a private citizen some time ago, could you please grow up and stop this tiresome pretense of gasping in shock? For heaven's sake, get a life!

Sincerely,

struggle4progress

[Chulanowa]

24. Seconded

I see no reason to keep hitting the man because he's into guys. Haggard obviously has issues with his orientation, but you know what, I hope he comes to terms with himself and lives a decent life afterwards - beyond that, it's none of my beeswax what he does with his dick, or his emotional response to that.

[No Elephants]

57. He is not getting hit here ecause he is into guys, though. Here, he gets hit for what

he preached and said about being gay. It's his religion that hits him for being into guys.

[alittlelark]

18. Sounds like the new preacher is nervous about the HBO special

Perhaps Haggard could re-gain some 'parishioners'.... this is being thrown out at a rather convenient time.

[Fearless]

20. There is clearly nothing wrong with consenting sex. What's the problem. Other than the hypocricy.

[Politicalboi]

21. I was hoping to find

Rick Warren in this story. LOL! Well maybe next time.

[1776Forever]

22. I think Haggard is a victim of his own ideology and he will never be free until he turns on it.

It must be terrible to be locked into the my-way-or-no-way world he lives in. What a nightmare hell to not be able to be yourself and live the life God has given him to live to his fullest. And on top of it to be at the pinnacle of his "trade" and have thousands who looked up to him as the messenger of his own sentence of hate!

:hide:

[Divine Discontent]

27. true dat! He taught his flock to look down upon something that he ultimately is and hid and

as someone above said - "If anyone ever says that we have to resist the temptation of being gay... THEY ARE GAY."


Someone who lives on South Beach (you know who) told me I needed to pray and resist it because God didn't want US to be gay, and this ex-gay minister visits his church (see few seconds of this video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKTddtSJ68w What I laugh about is "ex-gay", yeah RIGHT!

[Bette Noir]

32. That's a guy? His voice is awfully high-pitched.

[Divine Discontent]

38. Yes. VERY high. eom

[1776Forever]

41. This so called ex-gay ex-transexual person (Sy) is a lost soul. How can you "become" ex-gay?

And he is saying that someone should turn from what they truly honestly are to what he believes they should be? Amazing how some people can twist the word of love to one of hate. :shrug:

[Divine Discontent]

42. Amen to that. And these are the type of people that visit churches

like the one that old friend of mine attends. I would have an incredibly hard time not being kicked out for LAUGHING and saying, "oh, honey, you can choose to not have sex, but you're still Gay, so what's your point in doing this? God made you the way that you act while going around claiming it's wrong to be in a Gay relationship!"

Seriously... these people gotta have blinders on and live in a world of denial. :wtf:

[cliffordu]

23. I wish he'd just come out and get it over with.

[backscatter712]

28. Jesus He Knows Me...

I believe in the family
with my loving wife beside me.
She don't know about my girlfriend,
or the man I met last night...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft3v3HJgJpk

[Left Coast2020]

33. A QUESTION?

Has Rev. Haggard been seen in any airports recently? Specifically the airport in St. Paul MN? :hurts:

[Joe Bacon]

34. When all those preachers laying hands on Ted...

...well, I wonder WHERE they laid those hands :rofl:

[Ken Burch]

37. ..."upon His rod and staff", perhaps?

n/t.

[Lance31]

39. He spanks Chuck Norris twice a night.

and fantasizes about Larry King.

[McCamy Taylor]

40. Any word why the partner decided to forgo the settlement and go on TV to talk about his sex life?

I am always amazed at how people want to go out in public and describe the things they do in the bedroom but ask them how much money they make and they clam right up.

[Bluenorthwest]

44. Partner is an unusal choice of words...for a teen

His extra marital same sex affair is what you mean. I have a partner, 20 years running. Haggard had a lover boy on the side.
The young man involved probably wishes to do a good turn for others who are being pursued by people in positions of trust and authority, to empower them to protect themselves and speak truth to power. Seems to be the higher ground to me.
Remember- the age of consent in Colorado is just 17, and even the church spokesman parses the timeline, saying he's 'sure' the boy was of age, meaning he's pretty sure the kid was 17. Note he does not point out that 'of age' means 17 in Colorado.
Are you saying it would have been better for him to take hush money?

[prostock69]

43. My prayers have been answered! This douche bag

is trying to make a comeback so he can weasel his way back into a church to start ministering again. He misses the money and the power. I am very happy and sad at the same time, that an unfortunate "victim" came forward with details of yet another sexual relationship that Haggard was having while preaching hate-filled bigoted sermons about homosexuality. Haggard disgusts me but not because he is gay. Because he's gay and won't admit it. He's wanting to blame everyone else but Jesus for his actions. I hope Larry King brings up this latest little nugget to Haggard.

[Joe Bacon]

45. Oh, the boy can't help it...

Teddy is just up to his old (male bodybuilders with crystal meth) tricks :rofl:

[Hepburn]

46. Dear Ted...

...you are not staight...and that is OK. Try accepting yourself for what you are and not continuously trying to find some way to excuse who you may be.

Each person is a unique individual ~~ you are what you are. Now get on with your life and for once be honest with yourself and everyone else in your life, OK?

PS: Evangels suck...lose that bullshit and you will be on the right path, IMO.

[pleah]

47. ROTFLMAO!

I can't stop :rofl: !

[DCKit]

49. Thank you for not posting his picture. n/t

[KamaAina]

50. In a completely unrelated story, the Village People have added a new member

Construction Worker, Policeman, Indian Chief, say hello to the Preacher! :P

[tom_paine]

51. WHERE WAS TED'S ACCOUNTABILIBUDDY?

[IndianaGreen]

52. What is 'gay' sex? There is only sex!

It doesn't matter who your partner is in adult consensual relationships. The New Life Church, as all fundie churches, frowns on oral sex even among married partners. These people believe that the missionary position is the only sanctioned position and that sex is not for mutual enjoyment, but for baby making.

As to Ted Haggard, here is a man that used to pulpit to demonize LGBTs. He is reaping what he has sown!

[No Elephants]

54. I hate somber sex, though.

[lynnertic]

59. I prefer somber sex over drunk sex

yeah I know
:hi:

[No Elephants]

53. Is this the "If you can't "cure" 'em, rape 'em" part of the Gospels?

[Joe Bacon]

64. Yeah, the part that Dennis Prager pushes

Dennis the Menace is in that "Women have to give it to their husband's no matter what" H O model train of thought.

No wonder Dennis the Menace has had two divorces!

[Imagevision]

60. "the church reached a legal settlement to pay the man for counseling and college tuition" need more

be said?

[sarcasmo]

61. Kick back to the top. This Tool deserves all of the bad press he is going to receive.

[Sultana]

62. Just come out already

kick

[NickB79]

63. "overwhelming pool of evidence"???

Clean-up on isle 9, clean-up on isle 9 :rofl:

[and-justice-for-all]

65. There is nothing wrong with being Gay!!!

I hate the way they make it sound as though being Gay was like having leprosy or something.

Just be a Mo haggard, damn!!

[JackDragna]

68. Sure, there's no problem with being gay..

..the reason why it's funny to point out with people like Haggard is that their living is built on screeching "SINNER!" at anyone they find distasteful, including gays.

[Le Taz Hot]

66. Do you mean to tell me that the

sex with the prostitute was not a one-time thing? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!