The Oprah Winfrey Show
May 26, 2010
Women Who Claim They Were Child Brides
Jeanne, Amy, Nikki and Desiree, four women who share a dark secret, are stepping out of the shadows to tell their stories publicly for the first time.
In: Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse, Former Member's Testimonies, Videos - Television
In: Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse, Videos - Television
Texarkana Gazette
July 22, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Two former Alamo followers speak out
An ex-member of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and witness to the beating of 12-year-old Justin Miller in California in the 80s spoke to reporters Wednesday before the trial got under way.
In: 2009 - (Trial year), Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse
Texarkana Gazette
July 20, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Ex-Alamo followers say ‘you never have peace in that place’
In: 2009 - (Trial year), Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse
In: 2009 - (Trial year), Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse, Former Member's Testimonies, Victim's Testimonies
NWA News
July 17, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Four more women testified Thursday that they were married to evangelist Tony Alamo at young ages, including one who said she was 14 when Alamo exchanged vows with her while he was incarcerated in federal prison and another who said she was 9 when Alamo began having sex with her regularly.
In: 2009 - (Trial year), Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse, Former Member's Testimonies, Victim's Testimonies
Today’s THV
July 15, 2009
Posted by Charles Crowson
Former Alamo Wife Takes The Witness Stand
A former wife of Tony Alamo took the stand Wednesday morning, giving graphic testimony about the evangelist in his federal trial.
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Fox News
July 15, 2009
Associated Press
‘Wife’ Accuses Pastor of Taking Numerous Girls as Sexual Partners
A woman who says she was a child bride of evangelist Tony Alamo told jurors Wednesday that the minister had so many partners that he had to schedule when he would have sex with them.
In: 2009 - (Trial year), Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse, Victim's Testimonies
In: 2009 - (Trial year), Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse
Wellsprings Retreat Newsletter
December 5, 2003
Children Rescued From Alamo Cult
After a bitter custody dispute, these children were rescued from the Alamo group and spent time at Wellspring Retreat with their mother while she received counseling. The names of the children have been changed to protect their identity. Sadly, the four younger children were abducted by their father shortly after and returned to the cult where they still remain.
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The following was posted on the Factnet discussion board. Click here to read more former member’s accounts of living in the group.
Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 – 6:12 pm:
The following was posted on the Factnet discussion board. Click here to read more former member’s accounts of living in the group.
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005
When 11 year old Justin Miller was severely beaten with a wooden paddle (late 80’s) Tony Alamo ordered his step-father, Marc Landgarten, to hold him but needed the help of 3 more men so they could hit Justin right on target “spread-eagle in the air”. My ex-husband (also an abuser, but unknown to me at that time) was one of the people Tony chose to hold an arm or a leg. At home, after the beating, he told me he had been keeping count of the swats and said he counted 155, and that he also saw BLOOD that was oozing out of the seat of Justin’s pants!! This sadistic punishment was done at one of the Tony Alamo foundation locations, consisting of 3 houses, around 500 yards from the “church”. It’s very secluded there, with no neighbors, not even street-lights, so nobody heard Justin’s screams for help!! Tony was on a speaker-phone, next-door, telling the person swinging the paddle (Terry Farr) how many more times to strike, done “baseball-style”, all the while, looking up SCRIPTURES from the BIBLE and reading them to Justin!! Tony had ALL of the children who lived in the Saugus, Ca. church, at that time, assembled there to witness the beating. One woman, J. S. (15 years old at the time) told me that she had also seen blood coming through Justin’s jeans!! J.S. said to me that every one of those children, including herself and her sister, were called back over to Tony Alamo’s house later on and told by Tony, “you never saw a spanking”, ” nobody ever was spanked”, “there was no spanking that happened”, etc. These children who were ordered to be there were age 3 to 15. Knowing Tony as I do, after being in the organization for 21 messed up years, in my opinion he had those children there so that they would always fear him the rest of their lives. Tony is into “total control of every follower” and, as Hitler, will settle for no less than COMPLETE OBEDIENCE !!!!
CLAUDIA CHERVYAKOVA
Southwest Times Record
By Linda Seubold
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David Kroopf watched with contempt as Tony Alamo walked away from the Washing ton County jail in Fayetteville Tuesday afternoon.
Los Angeles Times
July 11, 1993
Sam Enriquez, Times Staff Writer
Religion: Ex-followers recall Tony Alamo’s path as harsh and narrow.
“. . . the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.”
–Deuteronomy 18:20, quoted by an ex-follower of Tony Alamo.
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Southwest Times Record
June 21, 1996
The following was posted on the Factnet discussion board. Click here to read more former member’s accounts of living in the group.
I was a member from 1970-1986 and am sorry to say I was involved at all. I met Tony and Susan when I was 21 years old being just a kid and feel for there doctrine, and was completely indoctrinated into their beliefs. Later to find out that they were nothing but a couple of con artists. They ran there place with a strict hand beating the children or having them beaten for the slightest provocation. I am told they, after I left, had the adults spanked and beaten as well. The people that lived at the foundation were kept impoverished. The members were at the time, full time workers, either on outside of the foundation jobs like tree crews or they worked for the foundation at one of the many businesses. All there earnings was confiscated by the church and everyone was given $5.00 for the week. Anybody that didn’t blindly follow them were kicked out penniless and without their families. Tony did this to keep people in line. Tony solely ran the church and all its business totally by himself and nobody had any power to make decisions at all. If anything need to be done or money needed to be spent it was put on an “ask Tony list”, which of course also gave him the power to deny people clothes , food, toilet tissue water or anything else that are necessities of life. This man wouldn’t know God if God was standing in front of him….
The following posts are all from former members of the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation. They were posted on the Factnet discussion board IN 2005 AND 2006.
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TONY ALAMO IS A LIAR
