Haggard and New Life Church involved in another gay sex scandal

[Shana A]

Haggard and New Life Church involved in another gay sex scandal
by: Pam Spaulding
Sat Jan 24, 2009 at 09:00:00 AM EST

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9183

Ah, just when former pastor, meth pur->-bleeped-<- and male escort massage enthusiast Ted Haggard was readying for his debut in the documentary about his rise and steep fall on HBO, a new gay sex scandal explodes in his face.

    Fresh revelations have emerged that disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard had a previously undisclosed sex-for-cash relationship with a young male New Life Church volunteer.

    An Associated Press report claims that Haggard was involved in an "inappropriate, consensual sexual relationship" that "went on for a long period of time ... it wasn't a one-time act," according to Brady Boyd, the pastor who succeeded the embattled former leader of the 10,000 member New Life Church in Colorado Springs.

[Hypatia]

Fundies wanted to force gays to stay closeted for the good of society. How ironic. This illustrates the harm caused by their insistence on closeting-- which never would have happened if you could just be out with no hassles.