Evangelist: I Got Massage and Meth From Male Prostitute
Disgraced preacher Ted Haggard said he received a massage and bought drugs from a gay male prostitute -- but denied having sex with the escort or using the drugs Seriously, he can't think we're that stupid .
Disgraced preacher Ted Haggard said he received a massage and bought drugs from a gay male prostitute — but denied having sex with the escort or using the drugs. Seriously, he can’t think we’re that stupid….
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Evangelist Ted Haggard admitted Friday that he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute who claims he was paid for drug-fueled trysts by the outspoken gay marriage opponent.
Haggard resigned Thursday as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and stepped down as leader of his Colorado megachurch while the two groups investigate the allegations.
Talking to reporters outside his house Friday, Haggard denied the sex allegations but said that he did buy meth from the man because he was curious.
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Ted Haggard, who built an evangelical empire whose influence reached all the way to the Bush White House before a gay sex scandal brought it all crashing down in 2006, is back at the pulpit at his new church in Colorado Springs.
The former escort who blew the whistle on Ted Haggard's homosexuality explains why he felt morally compelled to come forward, what the fallout has been and what he feels is the real tragedy of the situation.
In this clip from the new HBO documentary "Friends of God," the Rev. Ted Haggard engages in some loose sex talk with parishioners. (Haggard is, of course, the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals who famously frequented a gay male sex worker.)
The gay male prostitute who serviced disgraced evangelist Ted Haggard (above) has disclosed all manner of intimate details to a radio show host.
The tawdry bits aside, the interesting thing here is that the prostitute readily admits he timed his disclosure to help the cause of gay marriage on the Nov. 7 election ballots.
Proving again that there's no hypocrisy immune to T-shirt satirization, CafePress.com is selling Ted Haggard garb with aphorisms like the one above. (h/t: Chris from Hollywood Ghetto)
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