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Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering.
A fugitive accused of beating two teenagers on evangelist Tony Alamo's orders must pay $3 million in restitution, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
A federal judge in Arkansas has denied evangelist Tony Alamo's request for a new trial on child-sex charges.
One by one, the women told the court a similar story. They were "married" to evangelist Tony Alamo as children or teens, pushed into the unions with the blessings of parents who believed it was the highest honor before God.
In the years after evangelist Tony Alamo took the 14-year-old girl as a bride, she said, she caught glimpses of her father on the surveillance cameras that fed into the minister's office.
Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex. Alamo stood silently as the verdict was read, a contrast to his occasional mutterings during testimony. His five victims sat looking forward in the gallery. One, a woman he "married" at age 8, wiped away a tear.
A woman who says she was "married" to evangelist Tony Alamo at age 8 testified at his sex-crimes trial Friday that the minister likely cut into tiny pieces the explicit photos of her he took of her around that time.
A follower of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of failing to register as a sex offender.
A federal judge in Arkansas has rejected jailed evangelist Tony Alamo's request for bail while he awaits trial on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex.
The new defense lawyer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo said Thursday that his client's poor eyesight and diminishing physique would have made it impossible for him to have had sex with underage girls, as federal prosecutors claim.
An Arkansas judge has jailed a second member of evangelist Tony Alamo's ministry for refusing to say where her three daughters are.
Parents or followers of a jailed evangelist have been hiding children sought by state welfare officials, the state director of human resources said Wednesday.
State officials on Wednesday asked a judge to take steps to remove from the Internet a leaked video in which a teenage follower of Tony Alamo defends the jailed evangelist and says he would never commit the sex crimes of which he is accused. In a more than two-hour interview, the girl told a child welfare official that Alamo's hands and words toward heaven worked miracles. She said he never touched her and knew of no one who had been molested by him.
Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo's right to religious freedom doesn't allow him to beat children, a lawyer suing the preacher over alleged abuse says.
A lawyer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo asked a federal court Tuesday to remove religious references from a lawsuit against his client, saying they have the potential to draw the court into theological debate to decide the case.
An Arkansas child welfare official says the state is retaining custody of six children associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.
A judge in Arkansas has unsealed a federal indictment that includes eight new charges against evangelist Tony Alamo.
An attorney for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo says his client has been indicted on eight new federal charges.
A federal magistrate called Tony Alamo a flight risk Wednesday as he ordered the evangelist held without bail until his trial on charges that he took a minor across state lines for sex.
Evangelist and convicted tax evader Tony Alamo waived his right to fight extradition to Arkansas after his arrest on charges that he took minors across state lines for sexual purposes.
175-Year Prison Sentence for Tony AlamoArkansas church leader Tony Alamo finally receives sentencing for multiple federal charges, including rape and transporting minors across state lines for illegal purposes.
Tony Alamo, convicted of federal sex charges, received 175 years in a federal prison Friday during his sentencing hearing. Alamo, the 75-year-old leader of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, appeared in court in Texarkana Friday to receive his sentence.
Evangelist Tony Alamo Convicted of Child Sex AbuseTony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex.
Teen defends evangelist Alamo in leaked videoState officials on Wednesday asked a judge to take steps to remove from the Internet a leaked video in which a teenage follower of Tony Alamo defends the jailed evangelist.
FBI: Girls told agent evangelist Alamo abused themBefore evangelist Tony Alamo's arrest on federal sex charges, three girls who lived at his Arkansas compound told an FBI agent that he had sexually abused them, and one said he had threatened to have "someone take care of you" if she talked, according to a newly unsealed FBI affi …
Police Seek Alamo Aide In BeatingsPolice are searching for a follower of evangelist Tony Alamo who they believe severely beat children at Alamo's request.
Bail denied for Ark. evangelist in sex abuse caseU.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Bryant noted that Alamo is charged with a violent crime and said he also considered that Alamo fled a California child-abuse charge in 1989 and was arrested two years later in Tampa, Fla., living under an assumed name.
Tony Alamo arraigned in federal courtEvangelist Tony Alamo appeared, but did not enter a plea in court Friday during a brief hearing on a federal charge accusing him of transporting minors across state lines for sex.
FBI checked on evangelist's Santa Clarita compoundBy Jon Gambrell, The Associated PressCalifornia social workers and FBI agents were investigating possible abuse of children at a Tony Alamo Christian Ministries facility in that state just after authorities raided one of the evangelist's two Arkansas compounds, officials said Thu …
NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News SourceAt court appearances Monday, the parents of four girls taken from Tony Alamo's religious compound in southwest Arkansas waived their right to a hearing on the state's decision to take them from the church, allowing the girls to remain in foster care for at least three more we …
Six children seized in US church raidSix children have been placed in temporary state custody in the wake of a raid on a church compound as part of a child-porn investigation, Arkansas police say.
Evangelist's compound raided in child porn caseFBI agents and state police raided an evangelist's headquarters Saturday as part of a child pornography investigation and said they planned to remove several children from the complex, run by a man previously accused of child abuse.
Catholic-Hating Organization ReemergesNo surprise that with conspiracy theories rising, traditional targets of bigoted conspiracism are once again being targeted. With religious tensions rising, traditional targets of religious hatred are being targeted.
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