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Admits to buying drugs, but denies using and sex.<\/a><\/p>\n

(That’s the headline at the Colorado Springs Gazette – the actual page, though, is either loading very slowly or not coming up at all – I imagine traffic is VERY heavy.)<\/p>\n

Here’s a better link.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Haggard was driving out of his home with his wife Gayle and three of his five children when he gave a brief interview to a gathering of reporters. <\/p>\n

Haggard stepped down Thursday as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and as pastor of the 14,000-member New Life Church of Colorado Springs after Michael Jones, 49, said he had been having paid sex with Haggard once a month for three years and helped provided him with methamphetamine. <\/p>\n

This morning, Haggard said he had never had sex with Jones but said he did buy methamphetamine out of curiosity. <\/p>\n

Haggard said he never consumed it but threw it away. <\/p>\n

Haggard said he was referred to Jones for a massage by a hotel in Denver. The minister said he travels to Denver to write books. <\/p>\n

Haggard drew a silent stare from his wife when he told the gathered reporters that he received a massage from Jones. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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