COLORADO SPRINGS — The megachurch pastor forced out of his job after being caught up in a sex scandal involving a former male prostitute has returned to Colorado Springs.
Ted Haggard, the former leader of New Life Church, answered the telephone at his Colorado Springs telephone number on Sunday. He confirmed he was in the city but said he couldn’t talk to reporters.
New Life’s new pastor, the Rev. Brady Boyd, said Haggard moved back to Colorado Springs about two weeks ago.
Under a severance deal reached with the church in 2006, Haggard, who was fired in November of that year, agreed to leave Colorado Springs and not talk about the scandal publicly. The deal expired at the end of 2007 and Boyd said Haggard was now free to live where he wanted.
“They have moved back and they live in the original house that they lived in for many years,” Boyd said of Haggard and his wife, Gayle.
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