Bakker Associates Indicted for Perjury During PTL Inquiry
A federal grand jury today indicted two associates of Jim Bakker for lying during the PTL fraud investigation.
Sam Johnson, former minister at Heritage Village Church, was charged with 12 counts of perjury for his testimony about a $10,000 check that was part of $265,000 in hush money paid to former church secretary Jessica Hahn.
Evangelist John Wesley Fletcher was charged with one count of perjury for his testimony about how Bakker was introduced to Hahn.
“There will be no further PTL-related indictments coming out of this grand jury,” said Assistant U.S. Atty. Jerry Miller.
Fletcher introduced Bakker to Hahn before their sexual encounter at a Florida motel room. Reports that Bakker used ministry funds to pay Hahn to keep quiet about the liaison led to Bakker’s resignation in March, 1987.
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