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Televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86, reviving scandal memories
Original: Inside Jim Bakker's sex and fraud scandals after TV preacher's death at 86 https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/jim-bakker
US televangelist Jim Bakker has died at the age of 86. His death has prompted renewed attention to the scandals that defined his career, including the sexual assault allegation that led to his resignation from PTL Ministries in 1987 and the fraud conviction that sent him to prison over money raised from followers. Obituaries and commentaries are revisiting how his fall became one of the most notorious disgraces in American televangelism.
Why now: The TV preacher's death has revived public interest in his history of sex and fraud scandals.
Jim BakkerPTL MinistriesUnited States
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