The world's most famous
"ex-gay", Pastor Ted Haggard, has asked to leave the "spiritual
restoration program" created for him in the wake of the gay prostitution
and drugs scandal that enveloped him in 2006.
Mike Jones (above) in 2006, when he claimed Haggard had regular sex with him.
Haggard's former home, Denver's
New Life Church, has issued a press release announcing that as the disgraced
churchman's restoration is "incomplete", he is not welcome to return
to New Life.
"New Life Church recognises
the process of restoring Ted Haggard is incomplete and maintains its original
stance that he should not return to vocational ministry. However, we wish him
and his family only success in the future," the press release from Pastor
Brady Boyd reads.
"Because spiritual
restoration is a necessarily confidential process, the church does not
anticipate that it, or its Overseers or Restorers will make further comment
about it."
It was a different story 12 months
ago when the church reported Haggard had made a recovery and was now
"completely heterosexual" after just three weeks of therapy.
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