
Minister and male massage aficionado Ted Haggard is throwing a little get together at his house in Colorado Springs this Sunday. Seems the former meth head wants to start a new prayer group in his rumpus room, much like he did way back in the 1980s. That 20 person group which was led to their knees to Jesus by Ted grew into a mega New Life Church, with 14,000 members meeting on a $50 million campus. Then came the exposure by his boy toy, and Ted was out of his gig as head of new Life Church, one of the largest evangelic churches in the country.
Disgraced prostitute-frequenting minister Haggard told the Denver Post about his new plans:
It’s an exploratory meeting. We need a core team to relate to as a spiritual family. We expect just a handful of people, but anybody’s welcome. We’ll see where it goes.
Haggard’s address in published in the Denver Post story, which is um..well, brave of the family.
Since his fall from grace–i.e., his exposure by prostitute Mike Jones who supplied Haggard with sex and drugs–Haggard has been selling insurance and was the subject of an HBO documentary The Trials of Ted Haggard. He also revealed that he’s not gay, just
Indeed. Grant Haas–the New Life Church volunteer who came forward in February with new sex and meth claims about Ted Haggard and how his relationship with Haggard drove him to alcoholism and a suicide attempt–revealed that Ted and his wife Gayle had very erotic relationship, visiting sex shops together and buying bedtime toys. Along with revealing these details to Haas about his married life, Haggard also told Haas that Gayle:
Biggest revelation: While on vacation, the couple had a dildo molded in the shape of Ted’s tumescent member and would use it on each other, nicknaming it “Ted Two.” On each other?! I hope they love-gloved Ted Two, since going from back to front can be kinda germy…
I think it’s charming that Christian fundamentalists are so open minded. Why, just the other day it came out that uber-fundie former Miss California Carrie Prejean made, a so to speak, self-serving, solo sex tape. Maybe the Haggards should consider hosting Pure Romance parties, which CNN reports,
have been able to make the Bible belt women feel very comfortable about their own sexuality…The toys, they say, have brought them closer together and closer to God.
I wonder if they use this one?