Looks like there's another casualty in the Rev. Ted Haggard male prostitute-crystal meth scandal, and it's the Rev's advice-book writing career:
Former megachurch leader Ted Haggard's book-writing career could be on the line after losing his pulpit and reputation last year amid accusations that he patronized a male prostitute and bought drugs.
Haggard's 12 titles, which counseled readers on marital faithfulness and warned against sexual activities like pornography and prostitutes, have been taken off the shelves at the bookstore at New Life Church, which he founded 21 years ago in Colorado Springs....
Meanwhile, his publisher is backpedaling as well:
In 2004, Haggard had signed a multiple book deal with Colorado Springs based-WaterBrook Press, which had said in late November there were no decisions on Haggard's publishing future.
Don Pape, WaterBrook's former vice president and publisher, declined to comment on Haggard's current contract with the company, but said that contract contained a standard moral turpitude clause that canceled the publisher's obligations in the event of moral failures, ranging from infidelity to DUIs.
"He has devalued his message," Pape said.
Poor Rev. Ted. As of today, his happy-marriage tome, From This Day Forward: Making Your Marriage Last a Lifetime, published in 2006, is #1,032,307 on Amazon's best-seller list.
By comparison, Phyllis Diller's Marriage Manual, which came out in 1969, is holding strong at #1,520,310.
Ouch.
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