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1612: Today is the feast day of St. John Almond, an Irish priest whose skillful proselytization resulted in his being hanged, drawn, and quartered on this day...
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| St. John Almond was a great, great orator... yes... | |
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| And as much of a big mouth as St. John The Baptist... with even more painful results! | |
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1484: Pope Innocent VIII issues the Witch Bull, an order to begin a long-term witch hunt, with torture and death guaranteed to await those who were proven to be witches...
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| Not witches like us either, though - those in league with the devil! | |
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1988: Televangelist Jim Bakker is charged with mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud after skimming the top off sales of thousands of 'lifetime memberships' to his Heritage USA theme park...
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| A rather long stay in purgatory... pardon, prison will follow... and a divorce from his mascara-addicted wife, Tammy Faye! | |
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| See - it wasn't ALL bad! And it got better - now he is blissfully back in anonymous limbo... and with no bimbo! | |
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