the founder and former pastor of the New Life Church

Ted Arthur Haggard (born June 27, 1956) is a former American evangelical preacher. Known as Pastor Ted to the congregations he has served, he is the founder and former pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado; a founder of the Association of Life-Giving Churches; and was leader of the National Association of Evangelicals from 2003[1] until November 2006.

In November 2006, he resigned or was removed from all of his leadership positions after allegations of homosexual sex and drug abuse were made by whistleblower Mike Jones, a former male prostitute. Initially Haggard denied even knowing Mike Jones, but as a media investigation proceeded he acknowledged that some allegations, such as his purchase of methamphetamine, were true. He later added "sexual immorality" to his list of confessions.[2]

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[trent8002003]

Sweet! Nothing quite matches the sweet sensation of seeing justice being done onto a big fat blxxping hypocrite who has made a filthy living out of judging, trashing and trampling on gays and lesbians. Let the pharisee rot in humiliation and obscurity!

[174JK50]

Can't be honest even when he is caught red-handed. His rampant homophobia and his making an issue of homosexuality and the depth of his condemnation of homosexuals are what make it imperative that self-serving, work-shy, opportunists like him who are delusional and live a life of depravity that they preach against, are exposed for all to see.

If his wife had any dignity she would have left him in the shit were he obviously likes to lie.

[muddchem07]

Yeah I'm sure that's all he needs... someone to pray and communicate thoughts either verbally or unspoken to some mythical, illogical being. Ted was a crook, fraud, hypocrite, and pickpocket for years, and I'm happy that this incident finally exposed him. I have great pity for the mindless sheep without brains of their own to think for themselves who followed this disgraceful man for years.

[ChristopherLukas]

For those Evangelicals watching - why did you support this guy? To me, it totally reflects negatively on your faith, and your party (GOP). The guy needs to have his ass kicked, his loyal supporters, need to have the same thing to them. Man, I wish I could be an Evangelical Christian...then I can do whatever I want, and %&$^ anyone I want!

[hgary2003]

He needs prayer, and support, he is only a man, a fallen man that needs Jesus to pick him back up.

[ScaperSteph]

He reminds me of Uncle Arthur from Bewitched.

[totallybarefoot]

Eerily reminescent of Bill Clinton, isn't it? He bought meth, but he did not use it. And he never had sexual relations with that man.

Does the Hollywood writer's strike have anything to do with these story lines being recycled?

[idelible]

If you were a piece of faggot scum like this in America, where would you hide? What would you morph into? In a church. Into a God fearing family man.

[hairyreasoner]

What a lying, pathetic bag of shit.

[spiderofdoom]

this is just conjecture, obviously, but it looked to me like all this information was new to his wife... like it was the first time she heard that part of the story.