After a long stretch away from the public spotlight, former evangelical hotshot Ted Haggard has been accused of—you guessed it—an alleged scandal involving other men as well as inappropriate drug use.

If the name isn’t familiar to you, congratulations on being young. Here’s the brief history: In the mid-2000s, Haggard was the President of the National Association of Evangelicals. He was one of the most prominent conservative Christian voices during the George W. Bush era, the guy the media always went to for a sound bite.

Then, in 2006, a male escort (Mike Jones) realized that one of his clients was this pastor on television speaking out against same-sex marriage. Jones went public with the story, alleging that Haggard had paid him for sex and drugs over the course of a few years. Despite Haggard’s initial denials, he later admitted some of it was true… and it didn’t take long for Haggard to step down from the NAE, leave his Colorado church in disgrace, and become a national poster boy for Christian hypocrisy.

The most amazing thing about his downfall was how quickly and thoroughly it occurred. This pastor, once on top of the world, basically became a hermit. He sold insurance for a while, did a handful of big interviews in the subsequent years, and always insisted he was heterosexual. ...