Mike Jones - 'The Response'

I wonder if Haggard will try and come back and say he's 'cured'. This also ties up some loose ends. I was pondering what effect coming out as an escort, and being involved with meth, would have.

Escort says Haggard's apology "hollow"

Mike Jones, the gay prostitute who brought down a Colorado Springs evangelical pastor with allegations the two had a three-year homosexual affair, said today that he feels the minister still hasn't been completely honest.

Pastor Ted Haggard, founder and leader of the 14,000-member New Life Church, admitted Friday he had purchased methamphetamine while in Denver to receive a massage from Jones but said he never ingested the drug. Church overseers said Saturday that Haggard had confessed to them some sexual indiscretions but didn't specify what he had admitted.

Jones, 49 and a self-admitted gay man all his life, told talk show host Peter Boyles on radio station KHOW he believes Haggard has "more demons and dirt" he needs to clean out.

On Sunday, church overseers read to the congregation a letter of apology from Haggard, which Jones called "hollow."

"If I was going to issue an apology, it would be a paragraph long," Jones said. "He was definitely pulling the emotional strings for his followers."

Jones said he had sex monthly with Haggard for three years, ending in August. From those sexual encounters, Jones said he believes Haggard is a homosexual, despite having a wife and five children.

"Ted, you need to be honest with yourself," Jones said over the air. "If you're a gay man, you're a gay man."

Haggard and his family have left town and were unable to be reached for comment.

Jones said he has received two death threats since identifying Haggard on Thursday.

"I have not jumped up and down," Jones said. "I have not partied. This is not a fun time."

Despite the negative reactions, Jones said he also has received support from all over the world, including messages from Sweden, Australia and Great Britain.

Jones, who said Friday he works part-time as a model and a fitness consultant, said he is broke now and needs a job. He said he stopped working as a male escort about six months ago.

Jones also expressed a desire to clear up reports that he is a drug dealer, even though he admits working as a go-between to obtain methamphetamine for Haggard. He has not been contacted yet by Denver police about his escort services or the drug sales.

"I've never been a drug dealer so they won't find anything or drugs in my house," he said. "I have nothing to hide."

The former escort predicted Haggard would disappear for a while, then emerge as a man who has been "cured" of homosexuality. Jones also believes Haggard will use the opportunity, write a book and make millions.

Jones' suggested title: "Hypocrisy in America."

Jones said he would visit the New Life Church if he was invited. "I'd love to go down and sit in on services and see how I'm received," he said. "I would like them to see that I am a human being. What I feel sorry for is they still believe in him."