Huffington Post
October 18, 2011
Roy Speckhardt, Executive Director, American Humanist Association
The Religious Sex Abuse Epidemic
The public reaction to the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Vatican and Roman Catholic churches worldwide is causing rank-and-file Catholics to leave the church in droves. But concerned parents need to be wary about more than just the Catholic brand of clergy. The public rightly became disenchanted with an institution that claims moral authority while acting like those who it would condemn for their immoral behaviors.
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Examiner.com
December 14, 2010
Paula Whidden
Tony Alamo’s cult remains active in Santa Clarita and abroad
Tony Alamo, a local “evangelist”, was sentenced to 175 years in prison during July of 2009. His history in Santa Clarita extends over 40 years. In spite of his incarceration, this past weekend a flyer for his Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was placed on the windshield of my car. Heads up parents, his easiest converts are teenagers.
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Daily 49er (California State University Long Beach)
By Gerry Wachovsky
August 11, 2010
Religious zealots should not be allowed to indoctrinate from jail
Religious propaganda inundates us daily, even in the most unlikely of places. Say that you just got done working out with your friend at the gym and you are walking to your car, when on your windshield you see what can’t be anything but a brochure inviting you to find Jesus and take him into your heart, from your friend Tony Alamo.
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Texas Politics
April 30, 2010
Posted by Joe Holley
Does Patrick remember the Alamo?
Metroplex radio listeners who tune in to state Sen. Dan Patrick’s KVCE-AM (1160) can hear the program “Living with Joy,” financial planner Ray Lucia, former Houston talk-show host Sam Malone, Patrick himself for two hours daily – and, until a couple of days ago, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, from 11 p.m. until midnight every weekday night.
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Top 10 List
December 6, 2009
Posted by top10contributor
Top Ten Fraudulent Religious Leaders
Sadly but not surprisingly, researchers find no shortage of candidates for this list. Compiling this list, researchers defined “fraud” in reasonably strict legal terms, setting aside all questions of doctrine and faith. In most cases, religious leaders duped their followers into believing in their righteousness; and they subsequently were exposed as pious hypocrites. Fraudulent leaders’ sexual exploits typically were the source of their undoing. Some faced criminal charges; all endured severe public humiliation, and none ever rebuilt a ministry after his exposure.
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Examiner.com
November 16, 2009
Margot Fernandez
Tony Alamo: the same old story–abusive do-it-yourself preacher
Fox News reports today that former preacher Tony Alamo has been sentenced to 175 years in prison for the sexual abuse of children. In this case he preyed on the daughters of the people who followed him, taking child brides as young as 8 years of age.
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Examiner.com
November 16, 2009
Margot Fernandez
Victim to Tony Alamo: what kind of a man of God does what you have done?
Tony Alamo, the disgraced preacher, has been sentenced to 175 years in prison as a result of his abuse of young girls, crucifying Jesus again in their flesh by sexual degradation and humiliation. He shamed them in private, violating their bodies, and in public, where they were paraded before the congregation as his “brides.”
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ECanada Now
November 15, 2009
Posted by Staff
Evangelist Alamo Sentenced To 175 Years In Prison
An Arkansas judge has sentenced evangelist Tony Alamo to 175 years in prison Friday on charges that included taking minors across state lines for sex, according to media reports Saturday.
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