Jim Bakker scandal

Title

Jim Bakker scandal

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

7 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:53

Description

Michael O’Neill reports on the scandal involving US television evangelist, Jim Bakker and staff member Jessica Hahn. Bakker has now been described as homosexual by former Praise the Lord club co-host John Wesley Fletcher, who says he was Bakker’s male prostitute and pimp while they worked together in the church. Includes interview with Jessica Hahn and John Wesley Fletcher.

Contributors

Jessica Hahn; Michael O’Neill; John Wesley Fletcher

Keywords

USA; Fraud; Crime; Prostitution; Homosexuality; Corruption; Trials; Extra-marital sex; Christians; Evangelists; Jim Bakker; Jessica Hahn; John Wesley Fletcher; Television religious programmes

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