Posted on 08/19/2018 5:28:46 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Ted Haggard was once one of the most power evangelical leaders in America.
New Life Church leader Ted Haggard was once one of America's most charismatic and powerful evangelical leaders, with an audience of more than 30 million people. Ted began counseling foreign dignitaries and consulting on a weekly basis with President George W. Bush. By 2005, Time magazine named him one of the most influential evangelicals in America.
But no one—not even his devoted wife, five children and his Colorado Springs, Colorado-based congregation—suspected that Ted was paying an admitted male escort for crystal meth. In November 2006, Mike Jones publicly alleged he'd engaged in a three-year sexual relationship with the pastor, which Ted immediately denied. Three days after the scandal broke and after a voice mail featuring Ted asking Mike for drugs was released, Ted's story unraveled. Eventually, Ted admitted to sexual immorality and to buying drugs. He later resigned from the church he helped to found.
In his first television interview since the scandal, Ted talks with Oprah about why he kept secret a part of his life he calls dark and repulsive...
Ted says he and Gayle, as church leaders, made their private lives more public than many others in their position. "We were very open, very transparent, about everything—except this one area of my heart," he says.
Why did he keep such an important part of his life hidden from his church? "I thought it would go away," Ted says. "Unfortunately, that's the state in a lot of leadership roles. And when you're in a leadership role, whether it's political or a religious leadership role, that exists. And I'm not saying that as an excuse."
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I really don’t care about this thread.
“Did the article convey Ted Haggard was “shooting” meth? I did not read that, perhaps I missed that. Meth can be snorted and or smoked as well.”
Yeah, you have a point.
Meth Heads can smoke meth, snort meth or shoot meth.
Every junkie, like every man who hires a gay hooker, has their own preferences and proclivities.
This is one of those, “Hey, look over there...I see movement in the shadows...from a dozen plus years ago...let’s see what’s being commented on from that 9-yo convo about that 12, 13, 14 yo shadow play.”
But no one—not even his devoted wife, five children and his Colorado Springs, Colorado-based congregation—suspected that Ted was paying an admitted male escort for crystal meth.
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Why did the name Jeff Session pop into my mind?
“but I choose to show the guy grace.”
It does not appear that Ted would be all that interested in seeing Grace.
However, he might like to see Greg, Gary or George.
It’s certainly old news.
When Haggard has to be resurrected, well....just sayin’.
Bingo.
Heisenberg Blue Meth?
Did you draw the short straw to dig up dirt on those devilish ‘protestants’? Do you all buy ‘whitewash’ by the barrel?
Anyone who
Purports to be a man of God
Is SUSPECT IMMEDIATELY
They did it too.
See the Catholic church isn’t so bad.
Right white wash queen?
Cops bust drug-fueled gay orgy in Vatican City
https://www.timesofisrael.com/cops-bust-drug-fueled-gay-orgy-in-vatican-city/
Cdl. Wuerl censures priest who denied lesbian communion but let predatory clergy remain active
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3680332/posts
Catholic, right?
Are you going to condemn the goings on in the Catholic church yet? The sexual abuse of the kids and the cover up by the Vatican?
And that makes what’s happening inthe Catholic church better, right?
Why don’t you condemn it in your own church first?
Cops bust drug fueled gay orgy in Vatican
https://www.timesofisrael.com/cops-bust-drug-fueled-gay-orgy-in-vatican-city/
Just last year......
Your going to have to try harder to smear all of non-Catholic Christianity than picking one charlatan televangelist that doesn’t even represent most of Evangelical Christianity from 12-13 years ago.
You’re really desperate, aren’t you?
Have you condemned the Catholic church in like fashion?
Just pointing out that it is not just an issue in the RCC.
1Peter 4:17.
Not surprised.
The truth has to be told and the good folks in the pews will have to take the action needed so that repentance and housecleaning can begin.
What is meaning of posting old stories on individual Protestant pastor’s misdeeds is it in order to try and offset the explosive news regarding the crisis of pedophilia and cover ups in the Catholic church? Regardless of the intention the optics are not good as it looks like an excuse to not be outraged when we SHOULD be outraged, otherwise we become complacent about sin.
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