COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Pastor Ted Haggard
admitted in a letter to his congregation Sunday that he was guilty of
sexual immorality. Haggard apologized for his acts and requested
forgiveness.
"I am so sorry for the circumstances that have caused shame and
embarrassment for all of you," Haggard wrote.
"The
fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality. And I take responsibility for
the entire problem. I am a deceiver and a liar. There's a part of my
life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it
for all of my adult life," he said.
Haggard was dismissed Saturday as New Life's leader after the Church'
board determined the influential evangelist had committed "sexually
immoral conduct." Haggard resigned last week as president of the
National Association of Evangelicals, following accusations from gay
hustler Mike Jones who claimed he had a three-year "sexual business"
relationship with the prominent pastor.
In his letter, Haggard said "the accusations made against me are not all
true but enough of them are that I was appropriately removed from his
church leadership position."
He did not give detail details on which accusations were true.
Below is a video of Haggard preaching against homosexuality from the
recent documentary Jesus Camp:
"The
fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality. And I take responsibility for
the entire problem. I am a deceiver and a liar. There's a part of my
life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it
for all of my adult life," he said. 
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