European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday february 23,19bs Church May let Swaggart resume television ministry Baton Rouge la. A Church leaders left the door open for evangelist Jimmy Swaggart to re sume his to ministry after he delivered a tearful confession of sin and stepped Down from the pulpit. I think he is a Man of integrity t think he made a mistake. I Don t think it s a caul mistake Cecil Jan Way District superintendent of the 2 million member assemblies of god said Lale sunday Swage did not describe hit misconduct sunday in the confession that Drew gasps and tears from his Congre gation. An overflow crowd packed his 7,500-seat family worship Center after reports that Church officials had been Given photographs purporting to show Swaggart and a known prostitute gom Jinto and out of a Mol froom. The Washington Post reported monday quoting a source who spoke to a Jimmy Swaggart world ministries Board member that Swaggart said he did not engage in sexual Intercourse with the woman but paid her to perform pornographic  the evangelist had confessed to a fascination with pornography stemming from his boyhood the source said. Cal Thomas a columnist who once worked for the Rev. Jerry Falwell and has written about the Evangeli Cal movement said the same thing Friday on Abc to s  Thomas said he understood from sources inside Swaggart s Organ ipalion that the Inci Dent was not sexual but  the evangelist was expected to meet monday of i Moon in Alexandria Wilh the District presbytery which Janway said would report ils findings privately to the general Council of the country s largest Pentecos Tal denomination i n Springfield to. He confessed to specific incidents of moral fail  Forest h. Hall Secretary treasurer of the Assem Blies Louisiana District told swagman s congregation. In the opinion of the officers of the Louisiana District he has shown True humility and repentance and has not tried to blame anyone else for his  eleven months ago Swaggart scathingly denounced fellow assemblies of god evangelist Jim Bakker for committing adultery comparing him to a cancer that had to be excised. Swaggart can streaming Down his face said Sun Day he would step Down from the pulpit for an undetermined indeterminate period of time. We will leave thai in the hands of the lord Jim Rentz co pastor Wilh Swaggart at the worship Center said he would assume duties As chief pastor of the Church. He said he did not know whether or when Swaggart might return to the Church s pulpit. Thai s going to be decided by the Brethren Rentz said in reference to the District Council. Ministry officials refused to comment on the future of Swaggart s television program which is taped at his regular sunday service and distributed in More than 100 countries. Swaggart a Cousin of Rock n Roll Pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and country Singer Mickey Killcy combined his singing and piano playing with old fashioned fire and Brimstone preaching to build a ministry with an in come estimated at 1142 million in 1986. The ministry reported spending $123 million in construction and land purchases from 1981 until last March for its Baton Rouge Complex which includes a Bible College. It also operates global missionaries and medical services and reported an annual payroll of � 16 million last year Swaggart worked last summer to develop an ethics code for broadcast ministries to Stem a decline in do nations caused by the sex and Money scandal at the pal ministry under Bakker s reign Abc news reported last week thai another television evangelist Marvin Gorman of new Orleans was believed to have provided Church officials photos link ing Swaggart and a prostitute last March Gorman charged in a 90 million lawsuit that Swaggart had forced Gorman s ministry into Bank Utcy by unjustly accusing him of numerous adulterous irs. Gorman who admitted loan immoral act witha woman in 1979, is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit by a judge who ruled it was a religious dispute that did not belong in court. Webb from Paga 1 Pentagon leaders need to feel his vision and to under stand what he believes  Webb who assumed the Post As the Navy s top civil Ian Leader april 10. Said his budget concerns focused on a decision by Cartucci to propose the Early retire ment and Mot Balling of 16 Navy frigates. The Navy had to Cut out 112 billion from ils original fiscal 1989 budget plan but still could have kept those ships by assigning them to the naval Reserve instead of consigning him to Mothballs Webb continued. Without those frigates Webb said then was no Way the Navy could build to 600 warships in fiscal 1989, As Origi Nally planned. Indeed despite the optimistic predictions of other Pentagon officials the decision Means the Navy will never reach the 600-ship Mark lit added. And one of the sad things about this this was one of the few goals of the Reagan administration that was really obtainable at pretty Low Cost Webb added. The 42-year-old Webb one of the youngest men Ever to become Navy Secretary ii a naval Academy graduate and highly decorated Marine combat Veteran who also has penned Best Selling novels and worked As a journalist. He came to the Pentagon in 1984 when Caspar w. Weinberger was the defense Secretary. Webb assumed inc Post of assistant defense Secretary for Reserve affairs. He had resigned that position and was preparing to leave government service in Early 1987 when inc president asked him to replace John of Lehman inc first Navy Secretary of the Reagan administration. To his meeting with reporters Webb declined to speculate on Why Carlucci had insisted that ships be retired when that step in Webb s View was t required. Pentagon leaders should always be concerned about hollow forces that Aren t properly manned but the Navy could have reached the too ship Mark without giving up readiness Webb insisted. The Navy Secretary said he had wrestled with his concerns for some time but did t mave a final Deci Sion to resign until sunday. Webb said that he had not spoken to Carlucci monday but thai he had sent Carlucci a copy of his letter to Rea Gan. The Pentagon had no immediate reaction 10 Webb s decision. News Brief Pilot of f-16 uninjured in Torrejon Landing mishap Torrejon a Spain an f-16 fighter Pilot suffered no injures monday in a Landing mishap when i aircraft Slid id a halt on ils fuel tanks and external store. Maj. Richard w. Brandenburg of Floc 40lh tic group at Aviano a Italy attached to the 6mih tac fighter so landed at about 1 15 p.m., Laid base spokesman master sol. Charles Jones. The aircraft assigned to the 401st tac fighter Wing at Torrejon had just returned to base from an air to ground raining Mission at inc Barde Nas Range in Northeast Spain. An officers Board is investigating the Acci Dent. Kidnappers from Page 1 Lebanon and to . Diplomatic missions to the mid dle East. Secretary of state George Sulu is to travel to the Region this week to present a peace plan aimed at end ing 10 weeks of rioting by palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. The statement accompanying the videotape Calls on Justice minister Naboth Bern s amyl militia to Call off ils search for Higgins in Southern Lebanon. We Call on our Brethren in amal to understand the dangerous espionage role Higgins was carrying out profiling from the . Observer role the statement says. In an earlier statement Given to a Beirut newspaper the group said it was lying in Wail for any other suspicious  a decorated Vietnam Veteran and one time assistant id former defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger Hig gins headed a 76-Man observer group attached to a . Peacekeeping Force in South Lebanon. His abduction has stirred tension Between amyl and Hezbollah which has been challenging amal s Domi Nance in Southern Lebanon amal has rejected the kidnappers charge that Hig gins is a spy saying in a statement thai most Abdul Lioni by extremist shiite factions in Lebanon were motivated by a desire to extract ransoms. In Washington Reagan on sunday night said we re doing everything we can and exploring every Avenue to free Higgins. Higgins abduction prompted the . I interim forces in Lebanon or uni Fil to withdraw 20 observers to ils Headquarters in a Agoura near the Israel Lebanon Border said timor books cd spokesman for uni Fil the rest of the observer group which is required 10 be unarmed remained sunday in positions Overlook ing Beirut s Green line which divides the City into moslem and Christian sectors he said. The Palestine liberation organization mean while declared it was working for Higgins release. In an interview monday in Tunisia Plo Leader Yasser Arafat said he has Given instructions to nil colleagues in Lebanon to Contact the kidnappers in general i can say it was one of he fanatical lebanese groups that was responsible for Ibe abduction he said on lbs to s this morning pact from Page 1 achieve peace in Afghanistan and to try to reach a new nuclear arms agreement by Spring. Sulu and the soviet communist party general Secretary smiled broadly As they Shook hands and sat Down with their aides in opulent Catherine s Hall in the Kremlin. At a picture taking session Gorbachev said the so Viets will do our Best to achieve peace in Afghanistan and to have a non aligned Neutral Afghanistan which will have Good relations with its neighors. With the United slates and Wilh the soviet  at inc news conference Sulu said he did not have the slightest doubt that the soviet Union would leave Afghanistan. Bui Sulu who  Here saying he would suck a specific timetable gave no evidence he had received one. An estimated 115,000 soviet troops have been in Afghanistan since december 1979, backing a pro mos cow government at War with ,-armed moslem guerrillas. Gorbachev has promised to begin a withdrawal on May 15 if the Kabul government and Pakistan can agree on terms of a settlement by March 15. Shultz who arrived in Moscow on sunday met until 1 30 . Monday with Shevardnadze then held talks with Premier Nikolai 1. Ryzhkova before meeting Gorbachev after the talks Sulu did not say who Glicr the Sovi ets agreed to support the seven month . Effort in the United nations to impose a worldwide arms embargo Agai nil Iran for refusing to comply with a . Ort cred cease fire in the Iran Iraq War. Shutlz also vehemently denied that he sought soviet backing for his Middle East peace initiative. I did t come Here with my hat in hand looking for support he said. He nid the parties in the Region arabs and israelis would determine whether his trip to the Middle East later ibis week will succeed. The Secretary of state has questioned whether the soviet Union can play � bigger role in that Region because of its human rights record and its Lack of relations Wilh Israel. On nuclear Anns Gorbachev said there a still a Chance of an agreement to reduce by half . And soviet Long Range nuclear weapons by the Spring. The idea would be to have the pact ready for him and Reagan to sign at a Moscow Summit. Gorbachev and Reagan signed an agreement in Washington dec. � to eliminate their inner mediate Range missiles which have a Range of from 300 to 1,000 Miles. The current negotiation in Geneva con Cern those Wilh a Range above 3,000 Miles the Geneva talks have been held up because of disagreements Over the future of Reagan s Star wart anti missile program and Over How to verify any new arms treaty. Shutlz said the negotiators would have until he meeting in Washington Wilh Shevardnadze to nil to Gether three draft documents dealing with verification procedures ways to eliminate or convert the weapons and methods to help inspectors observe treaty Campli