A machete-wielding man held sheriff’s deputies at bay for two hours outside the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart’s headquarters today before officers broke into his truck and arrested him.

The church run by the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart claims it was defamed and the victim of unfair trade practices by officials with Health Science Park, a group of investors who claimed to be searching for a new home for Earl K. Long Medical Center.

A land dispute between the church run by the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart and a group of investors looking for a new home for Earl K. Long Medical Center was settled in court Monday.

When televangelist Jimmy Swaggart said he would kill a homosexual who looked at him romantically, he violated the ethics code of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, an industry panel has ruled.

'Tongue-in-cheek' comment draws fire