Sex. Money. Religion. The scandal captivated the nation. Now, ABC’s "20/20" has new interviews, new details and a new picture of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.
[The rise and fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and their ministry]
The evangelists were the reigning king and queen of televised religion with their ministry PTL. The couple and their story left an unforgettable footprint in Charlotte.
Channel 9 covered the scandal, the trial and the aftermath three decades ago.
In the '80s, their PTL empire fell apart when Jim Bakker was convicted of fraud.
ABC’s "20/20" interviewed Eyewitness News reporter Mark Becker for its two-hour event that airs Friday. Watch “Divinely Unfaithful” at 9 p.m. on Channel 9.
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