Ethics

Latest Info on Haggard

By Ed Brayton

The former volunteer from Haggard's church has now come forward with more details about his relationship with Haggard. Predictably, it seems that he held Haggard in reverence and in a position of authority:

The latest revelations involve Grant Haas, who told the TV station that he met Haggard in 2005 when he was 22. He said he told Haggard he had been kicked out of a Moody Bible Institute in Chicago for his "struggles with homosexuality."

"It seemed like at that moment his eyes lit up and his whole attitude towards me changed," he told KRDO. Reached by text message Monday, Haas agreed to be identified by The Associated Press. Haggard's statement also identified him.

"I'm like, 'This must be God,"' said Haas, who described wanting to be a pastor himself. "Why would this big guy, this big evangelical leader, be taking such an interest in me?"

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 31, 2009 (boomark / email).