Article: Pastor: Haggard is heterosexual ; Gay relationship was 'acting out'

Since being fired as pastor of New Life Church amid a gay-sex and drugs scandal, the Rev. Ted Haggard has discovered he's "completely heterosexual."

The Rev. Tim Ralph, senior pastor for New Covenant Fellowship in Larkspur, told The Denver Post on Monday that Haggard's homosexual activity appears to be limited to Denver male escort Mike Jones, who said he and Haggard had a three-year sexual relationship.

No one else has come forward since Haggard was fired from New Life Church, Ralph said, despite the case's high visibility. Haggard was dismissed after admitting to "sexual immorality" and to buying methamphetamine.

"He (Haggard) is completely heterosexual," Ralph told the Post. "That is ...

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