In soliciting donations from his flock, a preacher may promise eternal life in a celestial city whose streets are paved with gold, and that’s none of the law’s business. But if he promises an annual free stay in a luxury hotel on Earth, he’d better have the rooms available.
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Unknown. Charlotte Observer (October 6, 1989).
Commenting on the prosecution of local televangelist Jim Bakker on charges of fraud and conspiracy.
