Disgraced evangelil lear Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex sndal that ed his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported havg a sexual relatnship wh Haggard.
Contents:
- PASTOR KICKED OUT OF CHURCH OVER GAY SEX AND DGS FAC H MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
- TOP 5 ANTI-GAY MISTERS ACCED OF BEG HOMOSEXUAL
- HAGGARD FAC MORE GAY-SEX ACCATNS
- PASTOR TED HAGGARD FAC MORE GAY SEX ACCATNS
PASTOR KICKED OUT OF CHURCH OVER GAY SEX AND DGS FAC H MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
Gay revelatns were a disaster for a hero of US evangelils. Now he has lnched a new church his garn * ted haggard gay *
(RNS) — Former Colorado megachurch pastor Ted Haggard, who fell om grace 2006 after a gay sex-and-dg sndal, is now facg some of the same allegatns at another church. Haggard went through a “spirual rtoratn” procs, and his wife, Gayle, wrote a book about the experience, lled “Why I Stayed. Haggard, once Ameri's leadg evangelil pastor, who was brought down and removed om his own mega-church after admtg to a gay sex sndal, has set up a new mistry and will hold the first service his new church wife, Gayle, who has stood by him throughout his troubl, will be the church's -pastor.
He also beme print of the Natnal Associatn of that all end 2006, when a gay prostute said Haggard had paid him for sex. Haggard now says he is heterosexual, but had gay urg bee he was molted by a man when he was a Haggard says he wants gays and bisexuals to e to his new church, whose first few meetgs will be held the garn of his suburban home.
TOP 5 ANTI-GAY MISTERS ACCED OF BEG HOMOSEXUAL
Former evangelil lear Ted Haggard on the life he hid om his wife, his children and 30 ln voted followers. The gay sex and dg sndal that took him down. * ted haggard gay *
If you are straight, gay or bisexual, I want to walk through the scriptur wh you, " Haggard told a prs nference last week to announce his church. Haggard's view of homosexualy – and his own actns – appear bound to annoy almost everybody. Many gay rights activists are offend by his view that his actns were ed by child abe and that is possible to receive unsellg for havg same-sex sexual feelgs.
On the other hand, many evangelils are still outraged at his past nduct, and will be equally fur at his openly reachg out to gays, whom they believe are sng wh their sexualy. When asked what he would tell a gay person who me to St Jam, he said: "I would tell them to study the scriptur.
HAGGARD FAC MORE GAY-SEX ACCATNS
Former Colorado megachurch pastor Ted Haggard, who fell om grace 2006 after a gay sex-and-dg sndal, is now facg some of the same allegatns at another church. * ted haggard gay *
"But he nied that he thought homosexualy was forbidn the Bible, a mon belief among many nservative Christians. He says a therapist has scribed his sexualy as "heterosexual wh homosexual attachments. " While he n't speak for others, Ted says he feels that while he's not gay, he also do not f to "the normal box" people e to fe sexualy.
" But Ted says was immediately after the sndal that he began to tell the tth fully, admtg everythg to his wife, Gayle.
Gayle, Ted's wife of 30 years, heard about the accatns agast her hband the same way everyone else did—durg the terview Mike Jon gave on the rad November 2006.
PASTOR TED HAGGARD FAC MORE GAY SEX ACCATNS
Bishop Eddie Long is not the first preacher who ranted agast homosexualy, who turn was acced of beg gay. There have been several others, all who have been acced of rryg out homosexual affairs the bedroom, while ragg agast gays the pulp. Here are 5 misters who preached agast homosexualy public yet were acced of dulgg homosexualy private. * ted haggard gay *
Earlier their marriage, Gayle says Ted had told her that he stggled wh homosexual thoughts, but now—s to their marriage and five children later—she assumed he had those thoughts unr ntrol. After the rad terview aired, Gayle and Ted went to their attorney's office, where Ted told her the unthkable. "He said, 'Gayle, part of this is te.
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In the days that followed, Ted says he me clean wh Gayle about his sexual immoraly and dg e.
Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex sndal that ed his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported havg a sexual relatnship wh Haggard. * ted haggard gay *
"I n't thk of anythg that would have been a greater shock to me, and, lerally, I felt as though the g had been pulled out om unr me, " Gayle says. Through therapy, Gayle says she realized that her marriage wasn't a lie and that Ted's stggl were only one aspect of him and didn't take away om the life they had built together.