First Omarosa was the main villain on the Donald Trump Apprentice show. And that image is hard to shake off. When her fiance died, people accused her of everything from killing him to changing his will to selling his funeral to the paparazzi. Now that she has resurfaced as a Minister of God, people still think her motives are suspect. The world just isn't ready for Rev. Manigault Omarosa. Her promiscuous sexuality and provocative braless see-through public dressing is a cause for concern to certain bible readers.
PEBBLES PERRI REID
If the dirty details in the TLC movie are even a little bit true, then preacher Prophetess Sister Perri falls way short of saintly. This former singer turned actress then an Atlanta based evangelist is the typical example of who should never become a preacher; but she is now worth almost 15 million dollars from her church activities, way above her combined musical career.
CREFLO DOLLAR
A lot of people believed in Creflo Dollar; at least enough to give him enough tithes (for salvation) to afford a spanking brand new Rolls-Royces, a private jet, a three million-dollar home, and a $2.5 million apartment in New York City for his weekend vacations. They were all shocked when they found out that Creflo strangled his very own 15-year-old daughter and mercilessly beat her with a shoe for staying out late. Police later arrested him.
EDDIE LONG
Pastor Long was famous for his sermons on the "sin" of homosexuality so we were all surprised when, in 2010, four boys came forward to accuse him of molesting them. The New Birth Missionary Baptist Church denied the 2010 allegations, but he settled out of court with five complainants anyway.
PAT ROBERTSON
The 700 Club Host has a closet full of skeletons. He's made controversial statements against homosexuality, women's rights and minorities. But there are signs that he's more than just a controversial figure. The multi-millionaire senator's son has been caught with financial ties to dirty politicians and African despots.
HAROLD CAMPING
Everybody laughed at Harold Camping when he predicted that May 21st, 2011 would be the end of the world. But Harold knew what he was talking about as he laughed all the way to the bank. Turns out, he'd convinced his parishioners to give him all of their money savings since the world was over anyway. By the time May 21st came and went, Reverend Camping had reportedly raked in a cool $80 million and disappeared from view.
GASTON SMITH
Reverend Gaston Smith was known for three things: his expensive gators, the most exotic and eye-popping wheels in town, his fashionable clothing and his work helping Miami's poor. Unfortunately, the Florida preacher was financing the first two through the third. Instead of helping low-income families with the money he raised, he spent it lavishly and profusely on himself. And when he was convicted in 2009, the congregation was forced to take on the debt and pay back the money themselves.
THOMAS WESLEY WEEKS JR.
The world watched when popular televangelist Bishop Weeks married Pastor Juanita Bynum in a million-dollar ceremony in 2002. And they were just as shocked when Weeks was caught beating, stomping and choking Juanita in the parking lot of a hotel just five years later. But the scandal wasn't over yet. Two years after the incident, Juanita announced that she was a lesbian who had had many affairs with women while she was a pastor. Pastor Juanita claims to enjoy sex better with other women than with men. She also claimed that her Bishop husband was a serial womanizer.
JIMMY SWAGGART
Pastor Swaggart was one of the biggest names in televangialism. His empire had 10,000 employees and brought in over $12 million a year. Then in 1998, he was caught with a prostitute in a motel — and when he tearfully repented on television, his fans forgave him. That is until two years later when he was caught sleeping with several prostitutes at the same time. Sex scandals, lawsuits and a lien by the IRS eventually brought his church empire crashing down around him.
TED HAGGARD
Ted Haggard was the leader of Colorado's largest megachurch. Then in 2006, a male prostitute outed him by saying they spent several sex and drug fueled nights together. Haggard admitted getting a massage from the man and buying meth from him. But then he said he threw the meth away and kept it in his pants. Unfortunately, no one believed him and he was fired from his own church for "sexually immoral conduct and financial malfeasance".
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