Sunday December 30, 2007
Claims to fame: High-profile televangelist; Muslim-basher; potential gay-killer; masochist; john; crybaby
Pinnacle of righteousness: In 1986, exposed extramarital affair of fellow Assemblies of God preacher Marvin Gorman; Gorman was subsequently defrocked. (more…)
Wednesday December 10, 2003
Claims to fame: High-profile televangelist; adulterer; bisexual; fraud; ex-con; ex-Mr. Tammy Faye Bakker
Moral apex: It’s a tie: We can’t decide whether it was his $265,000 hush-money payment to keep church secretary Jessica Hahn quiet about their affair, or the $158 million he embezzled from his own PTL (a.k.a. Praise the Lord, a.k.a. People That Love) ministry, and spent on lavish mansions (with gold-plated bathroom fixtures), luxury cars, an air-conditioned doghouse, and a face lift (for Jim, not wife Tammy Faye), among other little necessities. (more…)