Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Selective Forgiveness

How come the gay lobby isn't rushing to his defense?

"New Life Church takes on new allegations

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - New Life Church will recover from new allegations in the two-year-old sex scandal that brought down founder Ted Haggard, its pastor said yesterday.

Brady Boyd encouraged his Colorado Springs congregation and reminded them of their "holy tenacity," two days after revelations that a male church volunteer reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard. It's the second such claim against Haggard. In late 2006, a male prostitute in Denver said he had a three-year cash-for-sex relationship with the former New Life pastor....

New Life members and leaders said the latest public disclosures were no surprise. "I don't think the people in the church are surprised," said Wanda Moore, who works in pastoral care for women at New Life....

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