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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hazel replied on Sun Nov 5, 2006 @ 5:30pm |
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It Was Just A Massage, & Some Meth Pastor Now Says (Colorado Springs, Colorado) A day after making emphatic denials of allegations by a former hustler, Rev. Ted Haggard now admits to getting a massage from the man, to buying methamphetamine. But, Haggard continues to proclaim he never engaged in sex with Mike Jones. Jones claims he had a three-year "pay for sex" relationship with the prominent pastor After a radio station played voice messages Friday morning left on Jones' telephone by a man purported to be Haggard, the pastor called a news conference. As well as saying he never had sex with Jones he also claimed that he but the meth but never used it. "I was tempted, but I never used it." Haggard told reporters he bought the meth because he was curious -- but that he then threw it away. The evangelical community nationwide was rocked by Jones' charges. In addition to leading the 14,000-member New Life Church Haggard was president of the multimillion- member National Association of Evangelicals. He "temporarily" stepped down from his ministry Thursday as a church investigation got underway, and announced his resignation from the national association. (story) Haggard was considered a major player in the evangelical movement and participated in weekly conference calls with the White House where policy, including two failed attempts to pass a federal marriage amendment, was discussed. In Colorado he threw his weight, and that of his church, behind the effort to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage. He also was an opponent of a measure that would allow civil unions in the state. The allegations against Haggard come only days before voters go to the polls to consider both measures. Jones first made the revelation to television station KUSA and then repeated them on a Denver radio talk show Thursday. (story) He also provided the station with two of the voicemails relating to drug use. "Hi Mike, this is Art. Hey, I was just calling to see if we could get any more. Either $100 or $200 supply," said one voicemail, according to the station. In a second message, left a few hours later, the station quoted the caller saying: "Hi Mike, this is Art, I am here in Denver and sorry that I missed you. But as I said, if you want to go ahead and get the stuff, then that would be great. And I'll get it sometime next week or the week after or whenever." A lie detector test taken Friday morning by Jones was "inconclusive". The test was administered live on a KHOW morning show after Jones agreed Thursday to take it. The man who administrated the test, John Kresnik, said it indicated "deceptions" in Jones' answers, but added that was likely due to the recent stress on Jones and his "inability to eat or sleep". Thursday night the pastor who has stepped in to replace Haggard while he is being investigated by the church sent an email to parishioners saying that Haggard had admitted to some of Jones' accusations. (story) Haggart's work in promoting Colorado's proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage was in conjunction with Focus on the Family, also based in Colorado Springs, and which operates a so-called ex-gay ministry. Friday afternoon FOF chair James Dobson issued a statement saying he was "heartsick" over the Haggart affair. "All of us at Focus on the Family are heartsick over the allegation, not yet confirmed, that Ted has had a private life with a homosexual for several years. We will await the outcome of this story, but the possibility that an illicit relationship has occurred is alarming to us and to millions of others," said Dobson's statement. "Ted has been my close friend and colleague for many years. He has been used mightily to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Colorado Springs and around the world. He will continue to be my friend, even if the worst allegations prove accurate. Nevertheless, sexual sin, whether homosexual or heterosexual, has serious consequences and we are extremely concerned for Ted, his family and his church." |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Mon Nov 6, 2006 @ 8:18am |
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