FIRST READ: Ted Haggard And Evangelical Hypocrisy
http://www.yesumulungi.com/index.php/apostasy-watch/111-Ted%20Haggard%20And%20Evangelical%20Hypocrisy.html
Paul Crouch and Sodomy Allegations???
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/septemberweb-only/9-13-11.0.html
Uganda’s Evangelicals Shaken By Pedophilia and Sodomy
http://www.yesumulungi.com/index.php/apostasy-watch/239-ugandas-evangelicals-shaken-by-pedophilia-and-sodomy.html
PASTOR ROBERT KAYANJA THE TBN SUPERBOY IN HOMOSEXUAL ALLEGATIONS ?????
http://www.yesumulungi.com/index.php/apostasy-watch/340-lies-sex-and-hypocrisy-in-ugandas-evangelical-churches.html
Arrogant Ted Haggard defends Eddie Long; Deflects questions about his hypocritical scandals
http://www.metroweekly.com/news/last_word/2010/09/arrogant-ted-haggard-defends-e.html
'Those who independently chose to call me on the carpet were not helpful. It was those who loved me, helped me, comforted me -- and this type of broad-based, generalized analysis of people outside of your group, is not what's helpful to him or to the process.... This is America, you can't use your religion to tyrannize others.''
The infamous Ted Haggard responding, in an annoyed and very dismissive way, to openly gay Pastor Troy Sanders who is pointing out the alleged failure of Bishop Eddie Long to act in a truthful manner.
Both Haggard and Long have been leaders of "megachurches" and both have preached against homosexuality and gay relationships. Haggard "fell from grace" when a gay male prostitute exposed Haggard's visits for both illegal drugs and sex.
Anderson Cooper, the host of the news show asked Haggard if he felt like a hypocrite for his anti-gay preaching, to which Haggard responded with his typical avoidant nonsense about preachers being responsible for teaching the bible. Haggard has appeared on numerous talk shows (including The Oprah Winfrey show), with his preacher wife, to claim that he has been cured of his unspecified temptations and that he is not gay. (CNN via YouTube)
Bishop Eddie Long | Ted Haggard says he can empathize
http://www.ajc.com/news/bishop-eddie-long-ted-619565.html
By Larry Hartstein
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ted Haggard, who lost his megachurch after admitting to a relationship with a male prostitute, told TV's Inside Edition that he can empathize with what Bishop Eddie Long is going through.
"I think he's heartbroken, I think he's confused," Haggard said on the program Wednesday. "I'll tell you how I felt. I felt like I'd ruined my life."
Haggard's wife, Gayle, who stood by her husband during the scandal that forced his 2006 resignation, added that Long "has been a great man. ... He has done wonderful things. I hope they hold onto that knowledge as they try to understand what these allegations are about, if they are indeed true."
A male church volunteer last year also reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard.
Haggard confessed to "sexual immorality" involving the prostitute, and admitted an "inappropriate relationship" with the volunteer, who was 22 when it began.
This year, Haggard started a new church in Colorado Springs, Colo.
A Long spokesman has adamantly denied the allegations swirling around the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, which has over 25,000 members. Three young men filed lawsuits this week alleging Long used his pastoral influence to coerce them into sexual relationships.
--The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ted Haggard: 'I Over-Repented' For My Meth-Gay Prostitute 'Crisis'
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/ted_haggard_i_over-repented_for_my_meth-gay_prosti.php
Jillian Rayfield | July 26, 2010, 9:47AM
Rev. Ted Haggard has been leading his own new church for the past few months, and in a Wall Street Journal profile says he thinks he "over-repented" for an affair with a male prostitute, which he refers to as "my crisis." He also insists he's not gay -- and that his affair was just a massage gone wrong.
The profile describes Haggard's new backyard barn church, which features bags of cement and a pulpit made of buckets.
Haggard, who announced his new St. James Church in June, told the Journal: "Tiger Woods needs to golf. Michael Vick needs to be playing football. Ted Haggard needs to be leading a church."
Haggard was founder and leader of the powerful evangelical New Life Church, before he was forced to resign in 2006 after he admitted to buying meth from a male prostitute, with whom he also had an affair.
As recently as November 2008, Haggard's former friends in the New Life church expressed skepticism regarding Haggard's ability to lead, releasing a statement saying that "we cannot endorse his return to vocational ministry."
From the Journal:
Mr. Haggard said that is ridiculous. He portrays his encounter with the prostitute as a massage that went awry and said he doesn't have same-sex attractions. He dismisses as a "witch hunt" the findings of his former church that he engaged in a pattern of misconduct, including sordid talk and inappropriate relationships. (He said his only fault was cracking a few crude jokes.) But his assurances have raised some eyebrows.
Haggard now says his scandal is helping him reach out to people: "It's amazing. People tell me everything. That never happened when we were respectable."
"I cuss now," he also boasts.
