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NEWS ABOUT: Ted Haggard

Ted Haggard stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - Claims that sexual orientation can be changed through therapy have no scientific credibility, finds a new report by the American Psychological Association. The group reviewed 83 journal articles published over several decades and found that many studies purporting to show successful changed sexuality "contain serious design flaws." The... More »

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mental health • psychology • homosexuality • sexual orientation • American Psychological Association • Ted Haggard

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Bodyguard 
 Sues Brit 

Plus, Winehouse hospitalized yet again, and more

May 20, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears’ legal battles continue—but this time it’s the pop princess who’s getting sued, by her former bodyguard, Us reports. Kerry Vine, who says he was hurt while working at Spears’ former home, is suing her for personal injury, battery, and negligence. Elsewhere:
  • Amy Winehouse was
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entertainment • Britney Spears • American Idol • Nicolas Sarkozy • celebrity • lawsuit • Amy Winehouse • Ted Haggard • Carla Bruni • hospitalization • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • Kerry Vine

Haggards Plug Marriage
... on Divorce Court

Couple goes on Divorce Court to talk about lasting marriage

Mar 19, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard and his wife are headed for Divorce Court, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports—but to plug the virtues of marriage and describe how his homosexual affair made theirs stronger. In a taping to air April 1, the New Life Church pastor says he asked Gayle Haggard... More »

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homosexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • extramarital affair • Gayle Haggard

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

His therapist says he's 'heterosexual with complications'

Jan 30, 09 5:24 AM CST
(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... More »

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evangelicals • Mike Jones • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • male prostitute

Wife Knew Haggard Was Hot for Guys

She believed he was 'winning the battle,' spouse tells Oprah

Jan 28, 09 4:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Ted Haggard told his wife early in their 30-year marriage that he struggled with his attraction to men, she tells Oprah in an appearance with her husband due to air today. Gayle Haggard says she was shocked by the disclosure, but believed he was "winning the battle" before a... More »

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homosexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor • pastor controversy • prostitution scandal

 Haggard Faces 
 New Gay Sex 
 Accusations 

Churchgoer says he had long relationship with anti-gay marriage preacher

Jan 24, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical preacher Ted Haggard had a long extra-marital affair with a male parishioner before his downfall, KRDO reports. The churchgoer says the New Life Church paid him hush money after the affair several years ago. The church confirmed the accusation after learning that the man possesses a recording of a... More »

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homosexuality • sexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor

glossies

HBO Doc Unveils Down-and-Out Haggard

"Wincingly candid" documentary set to air Jan. 29 on HBO

Jan 11, 09 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A new HBO documentary on Ted Haggard catches the disgraced minister at his most candid and vulnerable, Newsweek reports. Emmy-winning director Alexandra Pelosi shot the film impromptu, capturing Haggard the failed insurance salesman as he struggles with gay feelings and looks out the window at his old church. But hasn't... More »

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sex scandal • homosexuality • Christian right • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor controversy • minister • prostitution scandal

 Haggard: I 
 Still Struggle 
 With Sexuality 

Disgraced evangelical speaks out in new doc

Dec 19, 08 11:45 AM CST
(AP) - Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard says in a new documentary that he still struggles with his sexuality yet is committed to his marriage for the sake of his children. "The reason I kept my personal struggle a secret is because I feared that my friends would reject me, abandon... More »

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sexuality • drug abuse • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • prostitute • pastor

Colo. Church Gunman 'Hated Christians'

Was expelled from missionary school  where he killed 2

Dec 10, 07 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The gunman at two Colorado church shootings yesterday had been expelled from the missionary school where killed two people, the AP reports. He also sent the school hate mail in recent weeks and may have "hated Christians," police said. The school admitted that it had kicked out the... More »

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church • Christians • Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • Ted Haggard • gunman • church shootings

Colo. Shooter Had Ties to Church

Lone gunman ID'd as ex-mission worker who sent threatening letters

Dec 10, 07 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A former mission worker was the shooter in both of yesterday’s Colorado church shootings, CNN reports. The killer, identified as Matthew Murray, worked with Youth With a Mission in Arvada, where the first shooting occurred. The Rocky Mountain News describes Murray as the 24-year-old son of a local neurosurgeon,... More »

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crime • Colorado • megachurches • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • Matthew Murray • shooting

4 Shot at Haggard's Colo. Church

Unclear if related to earlier shooting at missionary center 70 miles away

Dec 9, 07 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Gunfire struck Colorado Christians a second time today, hitting at least four people in the parking lot of Ted Haggard's New Life Church this afternoon, the AP reports. It was unclear if the incident, in Colorado Springs, was linked to two earlier shooting deaths at a missionary training center 70... More »

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Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • shooting

4 Men Detail Encounters
With Craig

Mike Jones, who outed  Haggard, says Craig also paid him for sex

Dec 3, 07 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who exposed his sexual relationship with evangelist Ted Haggard is now among four men claiming sexual encounters with Larry Craig, the Idaho Statesman reports. Mike Jones, who published a tell-all of his relationship with Haggard, says Craig paid him $200 for sex, while an IT consultant claims... More »

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