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'Fun on Side' Haggard 'Fesses Up to 2nd Affair

His therapist says he's 'heterosexual with complications'

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(Newser) – Disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard has confessed to another "compulsive" relationship, this one with a young male volunteer in his former church. "I felt like God's plan was for sexuality to be in a monogamous, heterosexual marriage. But I had these other things going on," Haggard told Larry King yesterday. The church volunteer said Haggard's actions in 2006 made him feel "really uncomfortable" and drove him to drink.

Haggard, who often railed against homosexuality in his sermons, "used to say to me, 'You know, you can become a man of God, and you can have a little bit of fun on the side,'" the man told CNN. Haggard's public troubles first emerged in 2006 when a male prostitute revealed a three-year affair with the married pastor. Haggard said his therapist has described him as a "heterosexual with complications."

Rev. Ted Haggard preaches in a scene from the documentary
Rev. Ted Haggard preaches in a scene from the documentary "Jesus Camp." He has now admitted to having a relationship with a young male volunteer at his church.   (AP Photo/Magnolia Pictures,File)
Ted Haggard speaks with Oprah.
Ted Haggard speaks with Oprah.   (AGoodNewsPost)
Ted Haggard appears on CNN's Larry King Live in Los Angeles yesterday.
Ted Haggard appears on CNN's Larry King Live in Los Angeles yesterday.   (AP Photo/ Kyle Christy/CNN)
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veloslug
Jan 30, 09 6:53 AM CST
But it was just two. Really. Reply
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Michael_CT
Jan 30, 09 7:15 AM CST
If murder is a sin too, what would it matter if Father Haggard killed a few people 'on the side'? especially since its so compulsive. the worst thing is he's not even a hypocrit, but a lying homosexual. he hasn't given Christians a bad name, but gay people. he should spend the rest of his life doing community service. Reply
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christine_m
Jan 30, 09 9:02 AM CST
Are you equating being gay with being a murderer?? But yes, you're right. He gives both gays and christians a bad name. (But adultery is adultery, no matter whom the party is sleeping with, it's the hypocrisy that is so disgusting here!)
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NutsInNY
Jan 30, 09 7:49 AM CST
Any therapist who would describe him as a "heterosexual with complications" is obviously prostituting himself/herself. Reply
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Caps
Jan 30, 09 10:04 AM CST
Adultery is forbidden in the bible. He is a hypocrite. How could any person sit and listen to him if beyond me. Reply
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