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	Disgraced Pastor Says He Was Abused As Child Associated Press, carried on KJCT November 13, 2008 http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9341006 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says he was sexually abused as a child. And he says the experience "started to rage" in his mind and heart when he was caught up in a sex scandal involving a male prostitute. ABC's "Good Morning America" reported today that Haggard made the remarks in two recent sermons in Morrison, Illinois. Haggard said 1 of his father's employees "had a sexual experience" with Haggard when he was 7, according to audio recordings from the sermons posted on the ABC News Web site. Haggard says he went on to become a conservative Republican and an evangelical, but the abuse "started to rage in my mind and in my heart." In 2006, Haggard was fired as pastor of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs when a former male prostitute alleged they had a cash-for-sex relationship. The man also said he saw Haggard use methamphetamine. Haggard also stepped down as president of the National Association of Evangelicals. On the Net: ABC News audio excerpts of Haggard's sermons: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id6235564&page1
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