NEW YORK (NY)
ABC News
January 17, 2019
By Lauren Effron, Andres Paparella and Jeca Taudte
Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were among the most famous televangelists in America, living a life of luxury with multiple houses, expensive cars and more money than God, when their empire all came crashing down amid sex and financial scandals.
But in the years following the demise of their ministry, the Bakkers didn’t let a prison sentence, the loss of their massively popular multimillion-dollar TV network, the closure of their “Christian version of Disneyland” theme park, financial ruin, a divorce and being the butt of many “Saturday Night Live” jokes keep them down – or away from the spotlight.
Watch the full story on “20/20” FRIDAY, Jan. 18 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC
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