Jimmy Swaggart - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart who
led a double life as a preacher and sinner.
In 1988 TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, the host
of THE JIMMY SWAGGART TELECAST admitted
consorting with a prostitute. To make amends he
faced his congregation and said "I have sinned
against You, My Lord, and I would ask that Your
precious blood would wash and cleanse every
stain until it is in the seas of God's
forgiveness."
"I turn on my television set. I see a
young lady who goes under the guise of being a
Christian, known all over the nation, dressed in
skin-tight leather pants, shaking and wiggling
her hips to the beat and rhythm of the music as
the strobe lights beat their patterns across the
stage and the band plays the contemporary rock
sound which cannot be differentiated from songs
by the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, or anyone
else. And you may try to tell me this is of God
and that it is leading people to Christ, but I
know better." -- Jimmy Swaggart prior to
his indiscretion
In 1991, Jimmy Swaggart was caught in a motel in
Indio, California watching porno films with a
prostitute. Earlier, in 1987, Reverend Jim
Bakker of the PTL CLUB, was accused of having an
affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn.
Phil Hartman mocking
Jimmy Swaggart on a
"Church Lady" segment
of Saturday Night Live
