Disgraced Ted Haggard says He Was Abused As A Child

Disgraced Ted Haggard says He Was Abused As A Child

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[Pastor Haggard] told the congregation at Open Bible Fellowship Church in Morrison, Ill., that he was sexually abused as a child, when he was in second grade.

"My dad was pretty successful. He had a lot of workers. One of those workers had a sexual experience with me. I was 7 years old," Haggard said.

Haggard said the experience haunted him all of his life and drove him to the "dark and repulsive" side.

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Hmmm.

If Pastor Ted was actually abused as a child, t hen I feel very, very badly for him.

However, with the level of outright lies he's already told concerning this scandal, I'm dubious that this is anything more than him trying to save face. (I lived in the Springs when this story broke, I heard a lot more juicyness than what hit the MSM papers )

When confronted for genetic evidence for Homosexuality I'm sure Haggard would say something along the lines of "It might be genetic but one still chooses whether or not act on the compulsion," yet here he is saying that his abuse "drove" him to commit sexual immoralty.

That's a whacked argument if I ever heard one. I wish he would either admit that being gay is out of one's control, or admit that he intentionally chose to do what he did.

On a side note, I had no idea Haggard was preaching again.

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[edit on 12-11-2008 by asmeone2]

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That's an iffy defense even for a predator, but I think both Haggard and Mike Jones both admitted it was a consensual adult relatioship.

Yeah, Mark Foley has played that tune as well, as if it excuses someone’s actions. If you are truly regretful and want to be truly forgiven by people then don’t BS them, and don’t make excuses for your actions.

I think if that happened to him that it is terrible, but he needs to accept his actions are his own.


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I remember he was apparently "cured" of homosexuality by James Dobson and a few other bigwigs in a couple of weeks. Like, whatever.

I would have had such respect for him if he'd just come out and said he was gay or bisexual.