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==Scandal==

==Scandal==

Swaggart’s T.V. audience and influence declined sharply in early 1988, when reports surfaced that he had "consorted" with a prostitute (i.e., watched her undress). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/21/newsid_2565000/2565197.stm] He resigned his ministry, was put on probation by his church, and apologized to his wife. Two years later, he resumed [[televangelism]] on BET.

Swaggart’s T.V. audience and influence declined sharply in early 1988, when reports surfaced that he had "consorted" with a prostitute (i.e., watched her undress). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/21/newsid_2565000/2565197.stm] He resigned his ministry, was put on probation by his church, and apologized to his wife. Two years later, he resumed [[televangelism]] on BET. However, in 1991 he was pulled over for traffic violations and found, once again, to be in the company of a prostitute.<ref>Swaggart Plans to Step Down http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DA1E3BF936A25753C1A967958260</ref>

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