Accused bishop dies of cancer

ATLANTA, March 29 (UPI) -- Bishop Earl Paulk, a charismatic preacher dogged by accusations of sexual impropriety, has died of cancer in Atlanta at age 81, his family says.Paulk died Saturday at the Atlanta Medical Center, Paulk's nephew, Bishop Jim Swilley, wrote in a blog post.

Paulk founded one of the country's first evangelical megachurches, the Chapel Hill Harvester Church in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta, CNN reported Sunday. The Pentacostal minister was ordained a bishop by the International Communion of Charismatic Churches.

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