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December 13, 1988

On December 13, 1988, a bankruptcy judge in Columbia, South Carolina, ordered that the assets of the PTL (Praise The Lord) television ministry be sold to a Toronto real estate developer for $65 million. Turns out that Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Christian ministry was just a way for them to get rich off of … Continue reading

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March 19, 1987

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1987, Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from his television ministry the PTL due to a sex sandal involving his ‘personal’ assistant Jessica Hahn. I thought it might be interesting to see how many big-time preachers had succumbed to the erotic allures of the flesh and stopped researching when I hit … Continue reading

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February 21, 1988

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses that he has sinned to his congregation and that he must step down as their preacher. His crying causes his mascara to run. He was using Covergirl Full Lash Bloom, the same as the prostitute he was caught having sex with. She said it … Continue reading

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