A woman named Becky is lounging by the pool at the Fountain Blue Hotel when a strapping pool attendant catches her eye.

She asks him if he'd like to go on a date with her.

But there's a catch.

Her husband wants in on the action too.

What begins as an unconventional proposition will soon throw them all into the international spotlight.

And that's because the couple is none other than Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becky,

two of the most powerful figures in evangelical America. But as their forbidden fling blossomed into a

full-fledged relationship, the Falwells did much more than break their own rules.

Wondry presents, in God, we lust, a story of an alluring sex scandal, power, money, and a very public fall from grace.

While running Liberty University, a school that strictly enforced abstinence,

I mean, there's even a rule against prolonged eye contact with the opposite sex.

The Falwells lured John Carlo Grande into a love triangle that lasted years.

They promised him the world, paying for a new apartment, treating him to

lavish vacations, and even brokering meetings with the likes of Donald Trump. But when word of their

thruple fell into the wrong hands, it led to political extortion and international headlines

that brought Jerry Falwell Jr.'s empire crashing down.

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So, Eresha, I want you to picture a pool at a luxury hotel on Miami Beach.

Oh, this is perfect. I need a vacation.

Well, it's not just any hotel. It's the

luxurious, historic fountain blue. Back in the 50s, you could catch legends like Frank Sinatra

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