Let Us Prey opens with a Sunday night exorcism in a storefront New Orleans church, and the true story only gets stranger from there.

In 1986, Hunter Lundy was a young, wet-behind-the-ears but savvy attorney from Lake Charles, Louisiana, who found himself spearheading a $90 million defamation suit against global televangelist Jimmy Swaggart on behalf of fellow Assembly of God evangelist Marvin Gorman. Eight years later, having reached a final settlement for his client, Lundy was a seasoned lawyer who had seen the worst of moral corruption yet retained his personal faith.

Lundy’s tale of lust, greed, and betrayal chronicles the downfall of Swaggart in shocking detail. The nonfiction legal thriller also provides an unique insider’s look at the role politics, religion, and ego can play in the courtroom on both sides of the bench.

For Lundy’s readers, it will come as no surprise that the film rights to Let Us Prey have already been sold.

Millsaps Magazine  |  Millsaps | Last Edited August 31, 1999