ABC News Nightline (1987)

Genres - Historical Film  |   Sub-Genres - Biography, Law & Crime, Religions & Belief Systems  |   Run Time - 57 min.  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Rose of Sharon Winter

This video presents a broadcast that took place in 1987, on the television show Nightline. The program featured television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in an in-depth interview with host Ted Koppel. The celebrated televangelists talked about their work with the PTL ministry, denying allegations that they misappropriated money sent to them by their television congregation or that their private affairs were less than exemplary. Shame and prison loomed in the face of scandal.

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ABC-News, embezzlement, news, scandal, televangelist