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Part One: The Rise And Fall (And Rise) of Arch-Grifter Jim Bakker

Behind the Bastards

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The Story of a Boy Who Was Abused by His Parents

Jim didn't realize anything was really wrong at first. Russell became a frequent figure in his life hanging out with the family occasionally and then taking Jim off to isolated construction sites or other places where he could park the car. Eventually Russell abandoned him presumably because he got too old and Russell was you know a pedophile. The whole situation was just a huge mind fuck for young Jim as you can imagine. He never told anyone about it until later but like as a kid he didn't tell anybody and yeah yeah he just didn't talk about it for decades His parents had raised a child that wasn't emotionally connected enough with himself to ask for a hug like let alone confess to years of sexual abuse

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