REPOST FROM 2009
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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In: 2009 - (Trial year), Editorials
(THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ONE YEAR AGO)
Texarkana Gazette
July 25, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo guilty on all 10 counts
Prosecution believes he will spend life in prison
The five Jane Does and other victims who testified against self-proclaimed evangelist Tony Alamo held hands, wept and hugged Friday as a federal judge proclaimed him guilty 10 times.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
Times Record – Fort Smith
December 28, 2009
By Wanda Freeman
4. Minister’s Trial Gets Attention
Editor’s Note: Each year, the Times Record newsroom staff votes on the Top 10 local stories of the year. The sentencing for Tony Alamo ranks as the No. 4 story of 2009.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
Texarkana Gazette
December 18, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Investigation continues in possible bankruptcy fraud case
The investigation into possible bankruptcy fraud by a high-ranking associate of Tony Alamo will continue, an Oklahoma bankruptcy trustee said.
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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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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
Texarkana Gazette
November 29, 2009
By: Les Minor
Alamo dispatches are poor window dressing
It would be reasonable to assume with the conviction of Tony Alamo to 175 years in prison that the activities of his supporters would quickly cease. After all he was larger than life to his followers, and beyond challenge. Without his active participation, what would hold his band together? Wouldn’t they scatter to the four winds?
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
THE ARKANSAS LEADER
November 25, 2009
By GARRICK FELDMAN
TOP STORY >> Ex-follower of Alamos looks back
A former member of the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation contacted us last summer to tell us he was glad Tony was in prison for molesting little girls.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
Beliefnet
November 21, 2009
Ben Worthington
Remember the Alamo — Tony Alamo
The story of Tony Alamo is bound, someday, to be made into a movie. It’s so bizarre, so improbable, so full of incident and crime and sin that it makes some soap operas look clean! The horrifyingly saddest part of this story is that Alamo was viewed and viewed himself as a conservative Christian minister. In the eyes of the world, it gives all such persons a bad name. And on top of everything else it plays on and plays right into the ultra right wing paranoia in America about a “NEW WORLD ORDER’ secretly masterminded by the Pope, as an attempt to turn America into a Fascist state. One can only imagine Alamo’s reaction to the revelation last week that Catholic bishops aided in getting the health care legislation changed so that abortions wouldn’t be funded with federal money. Dan Brown couldn’t have thought up a conspiracy story this good, or a nefarious character as amazing as Tony Alamo.
Tony Alamo makes ‘Malakh’ in The Lost Symbol look like a regular guy.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
THE ARKANSAS LEADER
November 18, 2009
By GARRICK FELDMAN
Leader executive editor
TOP STORY: Vicious killer, child rapist face revenge
The young thug who killed a popular TV personality, and the old evangelist who assaulted girls as young as 8 and 10 were both sentenced last week and will stay behind bars for the rest of their lives.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
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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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
Texarkana Gazette
November 19, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Court upholds seizure of children
Judge: Environment at Alamo compound potentially dangerous
The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday the decisions of Miller County circuit judges concerning the custody of girls removed from Tony Alamo’s house during a law enforcement raid.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
NWA News
November 19, 2009
By Charlie Frago
Court: State right to move children
Neglect deemed clear at Alamo’s
The state was right to remove children from the compound of evangelist Tony Alamo and declare that they had been neglected, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
Pine Bluff Commercial
November 18, 2009
By JON GAMBRILL
Appeals court upholds seizure of Alamo children
Arkansas officials properly seized children living at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries who faced “a clear picture of danger” from beatings and forced fasts ordered by the evangelist, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
Arkansas News
November 18, 2009
Arkansas News Bureau
Appeals court upholds removal of children from Alamo compound
State human services officials were justified in removing children living at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries last year for their own protection, the state Court of Appeals ruled today.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
WREG, News Channel 3 – Memphis (CBS)
November 18, 2009
JON GAMBRILL, Associated Press Writer
Ark. appeals court upholds decision by state to seize children from Alamo ministries
The Arkansas Court of Appeals has ruled that state child-welfare officials properly seized children from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries after a police raid.
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In: 2009 - (Trial year)
Texarkana Gazette
November 15, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo’s sentencing leaves concern over continuation of organization
Observers outside Texarkana’s federal building expressed hope that Tony Alamo’s 175-year sentence will mean the end of his disgraced ministry.
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