(Mental Floss) -- With South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford dominating the news, let's look back at a five other so-called virtuous figures who became embroiled in sex scandals -- and this list just scratches the surface. Jim Bakker admitted to cheating on his  wife Tammy Faye Bakker. 1. Aimee Semple McPherson By the mid-1920s, evangelist McPherson was packing them in at her Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, preaching hope and warning against the sinful life. But in 1926, she disappeared while swimming at a local beach. She turned up a month later with a fantastic story about being kidnapped and taken to Mexico. Unfortunately, the evidence said otherwise: It appeared Aimee had been shacked up with a married man.
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Some famous virtuous figures have fallen after getting caught misbehaving
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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson allegedly shacked up with married man
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Preacher Jimmy Swaggart's fortunes fell after being linked to prostitutes
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Her popularity waned after the scandal, but you gotta hand it to her for chutzpah: instead of apologizing to her confused flock, @placeholder bobbed her hair, bought some short skirts, and began dancing and drinking in public.
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@placeholder was one of Jim Bakker's fiercest critics when the Bakker scandal broke, telling an interviewer he himself had never even kissed a woman other than his wife.