Out of shame, the once powerful Ted Haggard is slinking away. I hear he is moving to North Hollywood.
This is a letter Haggard sent to his former flock over the weekend.
Jesus is starting to put me back together. I have spent so much time in repentance, brokenness, hurt and sorrow for the things I've done and the negative impact my actions have had on others. That sadness continues as my family and I, along with so many others, go through the painful consequences of my actions. Jesus and his followers, though, have saved my life. As part of New Life's efforts to help me, they sent Gayle and me to Phoenix for a three-week psychological intensive that gave us three years worth of analysis and treatment. We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating His Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for a future.
Gayle and I have decided to move from Colorado Springs to go back to school. We love Colorado Springs so much, and will always regard the believer's at New Life Church as family, but we have to go in order to let the church determine its own course and for us to retrain. We haven't decided where we are moving but so far have been offered two places, one in Iowa and one in Missouri. We are both planning on getting our masters in Psychology so we can work together serving others the rest of our lives. Since we are taking our classes on-line, we can live anywhere that's affordable. Then we'll travel to location for short in-class requirements.
Thank you so much for your love and prayers during this horrific time of transition in our lives. For the last three months, I've not been communicative because I've been paralyzed by shame. But as God and people like you forgive me, the sun is starting to rise in my life. I look forward to communicating with greater ease.
God bless,
Ted Haggard
"We are Easter People."
Source: KRDO.com - Colorado Springs - Pueblo - Haggard Leaving Colorado
Forgiveness never comes Pastor Ted. You can change your name, move to a new state, go into hiding, or even try to off yourself. The shame will follow you forever. You see - you hurt people. They need to heal too you fucking hypocrite.
(Posted while listing to The Wrens - The House That Guilt Built - The Meadowlands)
