Ted Haggard shocked many in the evangelical community when he resigned his position as head of the National Association of Evangelicals amid allegations that he hired a gay prostitute and purchased methamphetamine. But Haggard is hardly the first religious leader to disappoint legions of believers. From televangelist Jim Bakker's imprisonment for defrauding his followers to Jesse Jackson's admission that he fathered a child out of wedlock, the litany of men of God who have fallen from grace is long. Here's a look back at the most notable of those who showed that they couldn't practice half as well as they preached.
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