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Wife of disgraced pastor Haggard pens memoir

She plans to title the book ‘Why I Stayed’ and it is due out in January

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Gayle Haggard, right, plans to write a book about her relationship with her husband Ted Haggard, who was involved in a sex scandal.
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updated 10:56 a.m. ET Aug. 19, 2009

CAROL STREAM, Ill. - Gayle Haggard, wife of disgraced pastor Ted Haggard, plans to write a memoir titled, "Why I Stayed," according to Tyndale House Publishers.

"This is my story of choosing to love my husband through some of the most difficult challenges any marriage could face," Gayle Haggard said in a statement.

Ted Haggard resigned as pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Co., and as president of the National Association of Evangelicals after a male prostitute from Denver alleged a cash-for-sex relationship with him in November 2006. Haggard confessed to "sexual immorality."

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Haggard has since said that he has worked with counselors and no longer has sexual desire for men.

Gayle Haggard's book is scheduled for release in January.

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