Religion: At Home with Jim

After appearing on ABC's Nightline last week, ousted PTL Leader Jim Bakker invited TIME Correspondent Jon D. Hull into his Palm Springs home. Hull's report:

Bakker sits in a corner of the white couch in his trinket-filled Spanish- style living room, looking like a schoolboy with bad grades. His hands are clasped between his knees, and his eyes remain fixed on the large black leather Bible spread before him. His pasty white face carries a sad, dazed expression. He is plainly shaken by his fall from grace. "We've almost died," he says. "I want to tell you . . . the...

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