Fallen television evangelist Jim Bakker lost his lucrative PTL ministry and later wife Tammy Faye after a scandal and his conviction for bilking followers out of $158 million. Now he's rebuilding his life with a brand-new wife.
Bakker, 58, married Lori Beth Graham of Phoenix on Sept. 4, Bakker's publicist said.After serving five years in prison, Bakker now works for a Los Angeles church without salary. His new wife, who is in her early 40s, is a youth counselor in a program associated with the First Assembly Church of Phoenix.
Bakker resigned as PTL president in 1987 when he learned a newspaper was about to report his 1980 sexual encounter with church secretary Jessica Hahn. He was divorced from Tammy Faye, who appeared with him on PTL television shows, six years ago. She has since married Bakker's former best friend.
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