On July 23, 2009, five rabbis were among 44 people charged in a decade-long corruption and money laundering probe in New Jersey. Should the suspects be convicted, they wouldn’t be the first religious leaders to fall from grace. 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 haven’t been able to practice what they preach is long. A look back some notable religious hypocrites.
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