Tag: legacy

Jimmy Swaggart’s rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism

Published July 15, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged Jimmy Swaggart, legacy, sex scandal, TV preacher

(The Conversation) — Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most popular and enduring of the 1980s televangelists, died on July 1, 2025, but his legacy lives. Along with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, he drew an audience in the millions, amassed…[Continue Reading...]

Benedict’s brief papacy was marred by the priest sex abuse scandal

Published January 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged legacy, Pope Benedict

The priest sex-abuse scandal was the albatross around the neck of Pope Emeritus Benedict’s brief eight-year reign as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, according to Vatican analysts. Long-suppressed allegations that priests had been preying on children — and that the bishops covered up…[Continue Reading...]

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