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SEESHOLTZ: Another Hypocrite Exposed: The Ted Haggard Saga
Another Hypocrite Exposed: The Ted Haggard Saga

November 6 2006
Counterbias.com
MEL SEESHOLTZ


Once again a self-appointed spokesman for “God” and the leader of a politically active (and lucrative) faith-based empire has been exposed as a hypocritical fraud. Rev. Ted Haggard, former head of the National Association of Evangelicals and a well-known anti-gay moral crusader, recently joined an infamous group with several illustrious members:

– Rev. Henry J. Lyons was forced out as leader of the National Baptist Convention after his then-wife set fire to a waterfront mansion the reverend secretly owned with his mistress. He was convicted in 1999 of swindling millions of dollars from companies that wanted to do business with members of the denomination. Lyons was sentenced to five years in prison.

– Archbishop Eugene Marino, a Roman Catholic prelate from Atlanta, resigned in 1990 after a two-year affair with a woman half his age. The woman claimed Marino had performed a marriage ceremony for them in which the two exchanged rings.

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