Now he says

that he never claimed to be heterosexual.

Haggard still struggles with sexuality, he says in documentary

The fears that caused him to remain quiet about his orientation and struggles are pretty legitimate. In his culture, it's pretty much guaranteed that he would have been shunned, abandoned and rejected. Personally, I have sympathy for him (which is directly against my normal, knee-jerk reaction to evangelists caught in hypocritical situations and lies and illegal or immoral behaviours). I just want to see where this goes in the long run...