Ted Haggard

===Other allegations===
On January 23, 2009, less than one week before ''The Trials of Ted Haggard'' was released on HBO, officials from Haggard's former church announced that a young male church member had come forward in 2006 and that there was an "overwhelming pool of evidence [of an] inappropriate, consensual sexual relationship [that] went on for a long period of time [with Haggard]... it wasn't a one-time act." Haggard's successor, [[Brady Boyd]], said the church reached a six-figure settlement with the man, who was in his early 20s at the time.<ref name="Newliferesponse">{{cite news|url=http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9729019 |title=New Life Addresses NEWSCHANNEL 13 Investigation |publisher=[[KRDO-TV]] |date=January 25, 2009 |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204060159/http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9729019 |archive-date=February 4, 2009 }}</ref> According to the man, the contact was "not consensual".<ref name="Newliferesponse"/> Later reports indicated that the relationship did not involve physical contact, but that on one occasion Haggard masturbated in front of the young man.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-news/65-news-main/18250-reopening-old-wounds-for-new-life | title=Reopening Old Wounds for New Life | date=January 27, 2009 | work=Ministry Today Magazine | access-date = 2009-06-25}}</ref> The man, Grant Haas, added that New Life Church paid him $179,000 for counseling and college tuition.<ref>"[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483405,00.html Former Church Member: Haggard Performed Sex Act]", Fox News/Associated Press, January 27, 2009.</ref>

Haggard openly admitted to an inappropriate relationship with Haas on [[CNN]] and in other media; when asked if he had had additional gay relationships that have been unreported, Haggard did not provide a direct answer.<ref>"[http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/29/lkl.ted.haggard/ Disgraced pastor Haggard admits second relationship with man]", CNN-TV Larry King, January 29, 2009.</ref>

On July 26, 2022 religionnews.com published an article on new allegations against Haggard. Stating "The most recent allegations were made by Kirk “Seth” Sethman, who was ordained as a minister by St. James Church in 2012. Sethman recorded the statements of two young adult men who said Haggard touched them inappropriately on several occasions at the church. One of them was a minor at the time the touching began in 2019. Sethman said he first approached church elders with allegations about Haggard in 2020."<ref>{{cite web
| url          = https://religionnews.com/2022/07/26/disgraced-pastor-ted-haggard-faces-new-allegations/
| title        = Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard faces new allegations
| last         = Shimron
| first        = Yonat
| date         = 2022-07-26
| website      = religionnews.com
| publisher    = Religion News Service
| access-date  = 2022-12-08}}</ref>