Televangelist Asking Followers For Donations To Buy $54 Million Private Jet
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A Louisiana televangelist is asking his followers for donations to buy a $54 million private jet.
Jesse Duplantis runs a church outside of New Orleans.
More than 750,000 people watch his sermons online.
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He is the second prominent televangelist this year to preach the virtues of a private jet.
In January, Texas-based Kenneth Copeland announced the blessing of a new multi-million dollar "Gulfstream Five."
Both pastors defended their need to buy these top of the line jets.
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