Belli Sees Bakkers’ Return to Ministry
The odds are “very, very much in favor” of PTL founders Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker returning to the television ministry, lawyer Melvin Belli said Sunday after a four-hour meeting with the couple.
“They told me what the facts are, and I told them what the law is,” the 79-year-old San Francisco lawyer said in the driveway of the lake-front home where the Bakkers live. “I don’t think he was properly advised before he resigned.”
The Bakkers stood arm and arm during the news conference. Bakker said he wanted to make peace but had to seek legal counsel when the ministry’s new leaders filed for reorganization under federal bankruptcy laws.
“Our desires and goal is that the ministry continue, that all creditors be paid 100% and that all the partners have fulfilled the vision that we gave them to have a place for retreat,” Bakker said.
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