COLORADO SPRINGS , Colorado ( CNN ) -- A megachurch paid a 20-year-old man to keep silent about a sexual relationship he had with disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard , a senior church pastor said . Rev . Ted Haggard was fired from New Life Church after allegations about a prostitute and drug use arose in 2006 . Haggard , who was fired amid allegations that he used drugs and patronized a male prostitute in 2006 , had a sexual relationship with a second man -- a 20-year-old volunteer at his megachurch , the Rev . Brady Boyd , a senior pastor at the church , said Monday . The church agreed to pay the man in exchange for his pledges not to talk publicly about the relationship , Boyd said , referring to a settlement reached by the man 's lawyer and the church 's insurance company . Under the settlement , the church provided the man money to pay his college tuition , moving expenses and counseling , Boyd said . `` This was compassionate assistance . It was to help him move forward , not a settlement to keep him quiet , '' said Boyd , senior pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs , Colorado . Watch Haggard in the HBO documentary » . Haggard founded New Life in his basement in 1984 and oversaw its growth to an influential megachurch with roughly 15,000 members . Haggard is the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals , a group that says it represents millions of people in 45,000 church congregations nationwide . He and other evangelical leaders participated in weekly conference calls with senior White House aides during the Bush administration . In November 2006 , allegations surfaced that Haggard had a three-year relationship with Mike Jones , a male escort , involving drugs and sex for money . After those allegations became public , New Life fired Haggard and he resigned as president of the national organization . On Friday , New Life Church announced Haggard 's relationship with the volunteer in a letter to the congregation . In the last three weeks , Boyd said , the young man told him that he was considering going public with his story because Haggard was portraying himself as a victim in an upcoming HBO documentary called `` The Trial of Ted Haggard , '' which is scheduled to air Thursday . `` I counseled him it was n't going to help him or the church 's healing . Plus it was in violation of the agreement we signed with them , '' Boyd said . An interview with the former volunteer is scheduled to air Monday evening on KRDO-TV of Colorado Springs , Colorado . Haggard is scheduled to appear on CNN 's `` Larry King Live '' on Thursday night . The 2006 controversy involving Haggard erupted when Jones , the former prostitute , said the pastor had paid him for sex over three years and had used methamphetamine in his presence . Haggard said in interviews that he received a massage from Jones , but denied having sex with him . He also said he bought methamphetamine , but threw it away instead of using it . The assertions received widespread news coverage and sparked charges of hypocrisy , particularly because Haggard had condemned homosexual sex in a documentary called `` Friends of God . '' In a settlement with New Life , the church and Haggard agreed that he would retain his six-figure salary for a year , leave the Colorado Springs area , receive counseling , and not speak publicly about what had happened for one year , according to a church staff member with knowledge of the settlement who was not authorized to speak on the record . Jones said Monday that he has spoken with the former church volunteer whom Boyd said had a relationship with Haggard . `` My anger is so much at the church , '' Jones said . `` They tried to keep this quiet when all along I 've taken a beating feeling like I was the only one , when clearly there were others . '' Despite the fresh scandal , Boyd said he is hopeful for the future . `` We 've added 1,500 people in the last 18 months , '' he said . `` We 're trying to adopt 100 orphans into families in the church . `` We had a leader with flawed character and we 're trying to clean up from the residue of the past . This will not always define us . I can promise you that in the days ahead , we wo n't be identified with scandal , but helping the widows and orphans . ''
Rev . John Haggard was fired after drug , male prostitute scandal in 2006 . Senior pastor tells CNN Haggard had sexual relationship with church volunteer . Pastor says church reached settlement to keep 20-year - old from speaking publicly . Man given money for college tuition , moving expenses and counseling , pastor resigned .