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- ↑ Evangelist may learn fate today, AP article, for the Wilmington (NC) Morning Star, July 23, 1992.
- ↑ Ex-Minister Guilty of Bilking Widow, Associated Press, July 25, 1992, accessed July 28, 2013.
- ↑ Chirico, Jeff Preacher Promises Miracles For Sleeping With Jesus Picture, Donating CBS Atlanta website, February 17, 2011. Accessed July 29, 2013.
- ↑ https://greensboro.com/evangelist-revives-ministry-after-fraud-conviction/article_fe1d177e-6188-5699-b1d9-85397cc6baff.html