Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Escort says Haggard's apology "hollow"

Mike Jones, the gay prostitute who brought down a Colorado Springs evangelical pastor with allegations the two had a three-year homosexual affair, said today that he feels the minister still hasn't been completely honest.

Pastor Ted Haggard, founder and leader of the 14,000-member New Life Church, admitted Friday he had purchased methamphetamine while in Denver to receive a massage from Jones but said he never ingested the drug. Church overseers said Saturday that Haggard had confessed to them some sexual indiscretions but didn't specify what he had admitted.

"He's still lying to himself," Jones said of Haggard, who was fired by church overseers Saturday for "sexually immoral" conduct. "If he's not truly honest with himself, he'll never be over it."

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