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On This Day: March 19 1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker Resigned as Head of the PTL Club

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On This Day: March 19 1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker Resigned as Head of the PTL Club.

On this day March 19 1987 televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as head of the PTL Club also known as The Jim and Tammy Show following a highly publicized sex scandal. Bakker who had built a massive religious broadcasting empire stepped down after it was revealed that he had paid hush money to former church secretary Jessica Hahn to cover up an alleged affair.

Following Bakker’s resignation fellow televangelist Jerry Falwell took over leadership of the PTL ministry. However financial...
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