Eric the Red Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Accused pastor admits he bought meth But Haggard claims he never used drug that he bought from gay escort FREE VIDEO • Haggard admits meeting gay escort Nov. 3: The Rev. Ted Haggard tells a KUSA-TV reporter that he bought methamphetamine but never used it and that he met a gay escort for a massage. Watch the entire interview. NBC News NBC VIDEO • Pastor’s accuser speaks out Nov. 3: Mike Jones, a 49-year-old gay escort from Denver, talks to MSNBC’s Rita Cosby about his allegations of an affair with the Rev. Ted Haggard. MSNBC COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rev. Ted Haggard admitted Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute who claims he was paid for drug-fueled trysts by the former head of the National Association of Evangelicals. Mike Jones, the 49-year-old Denver man who raised the allegations this week, quickly refuted Haggard’s denial. Shortly after Haggard told reporters outside his home, "I bought it for myself but never used it. I was tempted, but I never used it,” Jones told MSNBC-TV’s Rita Cosby that Haggard snorted meth in front of him about once a month for two years. Haggard said he received a massage from Jones after being referred to him by a Denver hotel, but Jones told MSNBC, “He always came to my place.” Haggard, 50, said he never had sex with Jones. On Friday, as he was leaving his home with his wife and three of his five children, he said he bought the meth because he was curious. Haggard stepped down as president of the 30 million-member association Thursday and also gave up leadership of his 14,000-member New Life Church pending the investigation into allegations he had sex with Jones over the past three years. "It is important for you to know that he confessed to the overseers that some of the accusations against him are true,” Ross Parsley, the acting senior pastor at New Life Church stated in an e-mail to church members. “He has willingly and humbly submitted to the authority of the board of overseers, and will remain on administrative leave during the course of the investigation,” the e-mail stated. A copy was obtained by KMGH-TV in Denver. Haggard, who has been called one of the most influential evangelical Christians in the nation, denied the allegations late Wednesday, telling NBC affiliate KUSA-TV of Denver: “I've never had a gay relationship with anybody, and I’m steady with my wife, I’m faithful to my wife. So I don't know if this is election year politics ... or what it is.” “Hi Mike, this is Art,” one call began. “Hey, I was just calling to see if we could get any more. Either $100 or $200 supply.” A second message, left a few hours later, began: “Hi Mike, this is Art, I am here in Denver and sorry that I missed you. But as I said, if you want to go ahead and get the stuff, then that would be great. And I’ll get it sometime next week or the week after or whenever.” Jones said Haggard, whose middle name is Art, was referring to methamphetamine. “There’s some stuff on there (the voice mails) that’s pretty damning,” he said. Jones said he also has an envelope he said Haggard used to mail him cash. Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Amazing, isn't it, that those self-appointed arbiters of morality are inevitably the ones that violate the very standards they seek to impose on others. I'm sure he and Rush Limbaugh are on a first-name basis... Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Oh but he threw it away!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Hawkeyehusker Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 He bought drugs and never used them. And he paid a male prostitute but never had sex with him. And Bill Clinton never inhaled. Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 or had sex with that woman Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 What's with all the damn crooked preachers out there??? Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 What's with all the damn crooked preachers out there??? Did you mean to say sick bastards Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 What's with all the damn crooked preachers out there??? Did you mean to say sick bastards Yeah that too!!! Seriously, I think people are starting to get worse and worse..........or they've always been that way and the power of the media is bringing it to us live in our own homes so they can try and warp our minds as well........ Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 probably a little of both Quote Link to comment
Blackshirtsguru Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Yeah down here in West Texas busting people with a few grams a 3 years ago was a big thing. Sad to say, arresting people with that same amount today is nothing special! The Meth is getting way outta hand! Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Yeah down here in West Texas busting people with a few grams a 3 years ago was a big thing. Sad to say, arresting people with that same amount today is nothing special! The Meth is getting way outta hand! Seems like there is no stopping it. You hear of so many labs being raided and they are just scratching the surface. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 It's a huge problem here in Iowa.......... Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 I think it is huge all over Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 He bought drugs and never used them. And he paid a male prostitute but never had sex with him. And Bill Clinton never inhaled. And now he's admitting to both... Quote Link to comment
Redman Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 These are the a-holes preaching morality. This is the guy that for the most part told his followers to vote republican (not that they needed much convincing). Just another pinhead in the long line of non-christian Christians. People that preach and don't practice. They always seem to say that they were tempted and caved. Says a lot about how sincere their faith is. Boy, I could go on about my angst against religion all night, but I will spare you all (a courtesy that some groups would not extend). Quote Link to comment
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