Ted Haggard is in the news again. This time his former church revealed that Haggard had a homosexual affair with a young male church volunteer. You may remember Haggard as the former pastor of the 10,000 member New Life Church in Colorado Springs until members found out he had a three year homosexual tryst with male prostitute Mike Jones.

The Associated Press is reporting that the new senior pastor of New Life Church, Pastor Brady Boyd has an “overwhelming pool of evidence” that points to another “inappropriate, consensual sexual relationship” that “went on for a long period of time … it wasn’t a one-time act.”

Apparently the church made a financial settlement with this former church volunteer. Heading off criticism of this decision Boyd said, “It wasn’t at all a settlement to make him be quiet or not tell his story. Our desire was to help him. Here was a young man who wanted to get on with his life. We considered it more compassionate assistance, certainly not hush money. I know what everyone will want to say because that’s the most salacious thing to say, but that’s not at all what it was.”

Haggard refuses to drift into obscurity and doesn’t think he has been treated biblically by his former church and members of the body of Christ. On Thursday night HBO will run the documentary “The Trials of Ted Haggard” produced by filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.