Ted Haggard Takes the “I Was Sexually Abused” Route
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Dear Ted: Lots of people are sexually abused as children, and don’t grow up to be lying, cheating, hypocritical closet cases. (Although we will admit there seems to be an unusually high frequency among religious leaders.) P.S. We would have had more respect for you if you’d blamed your “downfall” on the Christ-Was-I-Drunk Syndrome.
From a February 11th Christian Newswire press release:
Disgraced mega-church pastor Ted Haggard provides fresh insights regarding the temptations that led to his downfall in a new video interview for Lifetree Café, a network of discussion forums.In the interview, Haggard tells about events in his past, including being sexually abused as a child, which contributed to his temptation. He also describes characteristics of temptation he believes make every person vulnerable, and tells what has helped him since the scandal. …
On the other hand, we have to give Ted credit for taking “the church” to task:
Haggard complains … about the treatment he has received from church leaders since his downfall.“The church only believes in forgiveness and restoration for insignificant people,” he said. “Virtually every institution on earth is demonstrating that they’re doing a better job restoring people than the church.”
Haggard, former pastor of a large Colorado Springs, Colorado, church and former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, was removed from his positions after an incident with a male prostitute in 2006. …
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