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@jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 6:37 PM

A reminder that when Jim Bakker's fraud and corruption were exposed by the local newspaper in 1987, he used what has become a familiar playbook on the evangelical right in the U.S.: He admitted no guilt and blamed the media and his "enemies"

#JimBakker #PTL

Bakker: Personal Toll More Than We Can Bear
Transcript of Jim Bakker's statement
Thursday:
Thank you. As you know, for many years Tammy Faye and I and our ministries have been subjected to constant harassment and pressures by various groups and forces whose objective has been to undermine and to destroy us. I cannot deny that the personal toll that these pressures have exerted on me and my wife and family have been more than we can bear.
In fact, as our friends are all too well aware, my and Tammy's physical and emotional resources have been so overwhelmed that we are presently under full-time therapy at a treatment center in Cali-fornia. We want to express our gratitude for the support and encouragement we've received from so many of our friends and partners.
I have decided that for the good of my family, the church and of all of our related ministries that I should resign and step down immediately from PTL.
I have also today resigned from the Assemblies of God. I am not able to muster the resources needed to combat a new wave of attack that I have learned is about to be launched against us by The Charlotte Observer, which has attacked us incessantly for the past 12 years.
I am appalled at the baseness of this present campaign to defame and vilify me.
I categorically deny that I've ever sexually assaulted or harassed anyone.
I sorrowfully acknowledge that seven years ago, in an isolated incident, I was wickedly manipulated by treacherous former friends and then colleagues who victimized me with the aid of a female confed-erate.
They conspired to betray me into a sexual encounter at a time of great stress in my marital life. Vulnerable as I was at the time, I was set up as part of a scheme to co-opt me and obtain some advantage for themselves over me in connection with their hope for position in the ministry.
I have sought and gratefully received the loving forgiveness of our Savior who forgives us of our sins. I have told Tammy everything and Tammy, of course, has forgiven me, and our love for each other is greater and stronger than it has ever been.
Now, seven years later, this one-time mistake is seized upon by my enemies to humiliate and degrade me to gratify their envious and selfish motives.
They have falsified, distorted and exaggerated the facts so as to make the occurrence appear many times worse than it ever was. Anyone who knows Jim Bakker knows that I never physically assaulted anyone in my life.
In retrospect it was poor judgment to have succumbed to blackmail. But when extortionist overtures were made I was concerned to protect and spare the ministry and my family. Unfortunately, money was paid in order to avoid further suffering or hurt to anyone to appease these persons who were determined to destroy this ministry now, in hindsight, realize payment should have been resisted and we ought to have exposed the blackmailers to the penalties of the law. I'm truly sorry for all this that has happened in the past or any harm that may have occurred
I bear no malice to anyone. I forgive those who have borne false witness against me.
I cannot undo the past, but must now address the future. I have no doubt God has a redemptive plan for PTL and for Jim and Tammy. I fervently pray for the future of PTL and Heritage USA. It is my life to pre-serve, to protect those cherished values which it embodies.
I've asked my friend, Jerry Falwell, to help me in my crisis. The PTL Board of Directors has accepted my resignation, appointed Jerry Falwell as chairman of our board of directors requesting him to designate a new board of directors. He has done this and the old board has accordingly re-signed.
I asked the prayerful support of our friends and foes for the preservation and advancement of God's work and the future of PTL.
God bless you and goodbye.

@chroniclesofe.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:07 AM

TV Pastor and creator of #PTL #JimBakker Dies: Once Disgraced and MAGA Televangelist Was 86🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Details HERE also get More news!

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@bunnehusagichan.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 1:07 PM

#JimBakker #PTL

American Scumbag Preaching Fraudster is dead.

My empathy is saved for the people he defrauded. I have less than none for that once walking lying sack of crap.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/jim-bakker-us-televangelist-fraud-sex-scandal-dead-at-86

@kill-bait.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 9:10 AM

Jim Bakker, Former PTL Empire Leader and Televangelist, Dies at 86

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