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CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Jessica Hahn in a Playboy interview says she was told "you're going to do something tremendous for God" before Jim Bakker and another evangelist forced themselves on her sexually and "ruined my life...
...bimbo....I am a human being. I was done in. I was hurt," she declared in the interview, which includes topless photos of the 28-year-old former church secretary whose encounter with Bakker led to the PTL evangelist's downfall...
Conservative politicians and ideologues are supporting Wattenberg's ideas. TV Evangelist Pat Robertson, a Republican presidential hopeful, argues that the U.S. could be "committing genetic suicide." He preaches that "depopulation of the West threatens the power of Western industrialized democracies." Republican Congressman Jack Kemp of New York, also a presidential contender, seconds Wattenberg's call for birth incentives, saying "People are not a drain on our resources; they are our greatest resource...
...viewers. Arbitron, which measures the size of local- and cable-television audiences, says most TV ministries have suffered a significant fall in viewership. Concurs Fred Vierra, president of United Cable, the nation's eighth largest operator: "We do not see their audiences growing. They're staying relatively flat." One evangelist cracks, "I was in West Irian on the island of New Guinea, and even some of the Stone Age people are familiar with the PTL scandal. That's how far it has gone...
Your article on Evangelist Billy Graham's response to an invitation to a joint speaking appearance in September with Pope John Paul II in Columbia, S.C. ((RELIGION, July 13)), needs to be corrected. At the time of publication, Mr. Graham had hoped that he could rearrange his schedule in order to accept the invitation. Regretfully, he had to decline because of a commitment made nearly two years ago to visit the People's Republic of China. The timing and final briefings for this trip, which are set to begin in September, made it impossible for Mr. Graham to participate...