Texarkana Gazette
By: Lynn LaRowe – Texarkana Gazette
December 13, 2014

Alamo objects to judge’s latest decision

Tony Alamo filed objections earlier this month to a federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that a motion to vacate his convictions be denied.

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Texarkana Gazette
November 27, 2014
By: Lynn LaRowe – Texarkana Gazette

Judge denies Alamo’s latest attempt to appeal 175-year sentence

A federal judge in Texarkana recently denied a motion to vacate imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo’s conviction involving the sexual abuse of young girls.

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Patheos.com
September 26, 2014
by Suzanne Titkemeyer

Patriarch Spanks Wife & Gets Jail Time: Physical Violence is Always Unacceptable!

This Monday and Tuesday on the Dr. Phil show there was featured a man (Kirby ) that is a Fundamentalist Christian Patriarch type who’d spanked his wife Renee with a paddle for not calling him “Sir”. What he didn’t know was that his wife had videoed him disciplining her and eventually went to law enforcement with that video and others showing him physically disciplining their sons. He was arrested and now the wife has a no contact order against him.

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KHTS (Santa Clarita, California)
August 25, 2014
By Perry Smith

Tony Alamo Victims’ Lawyer To Seek Sierra Highway Land

A Texarkana lawyer seeking compensation for the victims of a pastor convicted of sex crimes against children said he’ll likely be seeking Tony Alamo’s Santa Clarita Valley properties in October.

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KTBS
August 8, 2014
By Julie Parr

Fouke church acquires convicted evangelist’s building

While it’s been almost six years since Tony Alamo went from self-proclaimed prophet to prisoner, the church that he set up in Fouke, Arkansas still bears his name.

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Texarkana Gazette
June 13, 2014
By Evan Lewis – Texarkana Gazette

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE
Tony Alamo properties sold to partially satisfy large civil judgment


Jeff Landers with U.S. Marshals Service accepts a bid on one of the five properties previously owned by Tony Alamo during an auction Thursday morning.

The church and three others properties in Fouke, Ark., and one in Texarkana, Ark., were all sold to the highest bidders.

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Texarkana Gazette
May 3, 2014
By: Lynn LaRowe – Texarkana Gazette

Judge OKs sale of property to partially satisfy Alamo debt

A federal judge in Texarkana has given the green light for the sale of more properties associated with imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo.

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Texarkana Gazette
May 1, 2014
By: Lynn LaRowe

Alamo followers don’t appear at court hearing on property claims.
One man sends letter saying proceedings doing nothing ‘more than leaving us homeless.’

Followers of Tony Alamo did not show for a court hearing Wednesday to address claims of ownership to properties in Fouke and Texarkana, Ark., that a federal judge has ruled can be sold.

Earlier this year, U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Bryant nixed claims to properties in Fouke and Fort Smith, Ark., made by more than 70 Alamo loyalists on properties associated with imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo. However, Bryant said he is willing to consider additional evidence concerning the claims of two men whose names appear on titles for houses in Fouke and Texarkana.

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The Republic (Columbus, Indiana)
May 1, 2014
The Associated Press

Followers of convicted evangelist Tony Alamo fail to show for hearing on ministry properties

TEXARKANA, Arkansas — Followers of convicted evangelist Tony Alamo failed to attend a court hearing that was scheduled to consider their claims of ownership of Alamo ministry properties in Fouke and Texarkana, Arkansas.

A federal magistrate ruled previously that the properties can be sold to help pay $30 million Alamo owes two men after a federal jury found that he ordered the beatings and other abuse of the men when they were children in his ministry, but scheduled a hearing on claims that members of the ministry are the owners.

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Texarkana Gazette
April 24, 2014
By: Lynn LaRowe – Texarkana Gazette

Former Alamo followers sue
Twelve say they were abused as children

Twelve former members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries filed a federal lawsuit this week seeking damages for alleged abuses they suffered as children raised in the controversial group.

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The Republic
April 13, 2014
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 13, 2014 – 2:04 pm EDT

Attorneys say followers of convicted evangelist Tony Alamo have gutted properties to be sold

TEXARKANA, Arkansas — Attorneys for two men who are owed $30 million from a civil judgment against convicted evangelist Tony Alamo say properties owned by Alamo’s ministry have been stripped by his followers since a federal judge ordered that the properties be sold to help pay the debt.

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Texarkana Gazette
April 14, 2014
By: Lynn LaRowe – Texarkana Gazette

Alamo buildings gutted before sale

Judge ordered properties sold to satisfy judgment; plaintiff: fixtures such as doors, sinks…

The Tony Alamo Christian Ministries church building in Fouke, Ark., and other properties have been gutted since a federal judge ordered their sale.

“Plaintiffs have learned that certain fixtures such as air conditioning units, ceiling tiles, doors, sinks, commodes and insulation are being removed from the properties,” states a motion filed on behalf of two men owed a $30 million judgment from imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo.

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Petition by Carrie Poppy Los Angeles, CA

Stop giving donations to child-abusing cult

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION ON CHANGE.ORG

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ICSA CONFERENCE – Time running out to register. Workshop for People Born or Raised in Cultic Groups. April 4-6, 2014 in Chester, CT

Surviving and Moving On After a High-Demand Group Experience: A Workshop for Second-Generation Former Members

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Texarkana Gazette
March 21, 2014
By: Lynn LaRowe – Texarkana Gazette

Alamo ‘wives’ win big lawsuit
Evangelist must pay more than half a billion dollars

A circuit judge in Miller County, Ark., ordered imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo to pay more than half a billion dollars in damages to seven women he sexually and physically abused.

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The Washington Post
March 21, 2014
By Associated Press

Judge awards another $525M to Tony Alamo victims

An Arkansas judge has awarded seven women physically and sexually abused by evangelist Tony Alamo another $525 million, pushing the total owed by the imprisoned preacher and an affiliated church to more than $1 billion.

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Oh No, Ross and Carrie!
Posted Tue, 03/18/2014 – 17:08 by Ian Kremer

GOING UNDERCOVER AT ALAMO MINISTRIES – Part 2
Ross and Carrie Remember Tony Alamo (Part Two): Unnecessary Walking and Talking Edition

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Oh No, Ross and Carrie!
Posted Sun, 03/02/2014 – 10:56 by Ian Kremer

GOING UNDERCOVER AT ALAMO MINISTRIES – Part 1
Ross and Carrie Remember Tony Alamo (Part One): No Skirts Allowed

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Southern Poverty Law Center
March 4, 2014
By Mark Potok on March 4, 2014

Anti-Catholic Cult Hit With Half Billion-Dollar Judgment

Christhiaon Coie has spent 43 years waiting for the day when the brutal, Catholic- and gay-hating cult leader who she says raped her and numerous other girls, some of them as young as 8, would get his just desserts.

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Texarkana Gazette
March 14, 2014
By: Lynn LaRowe – Texarkana Gazette

Federal judge rules Alamo properties can be sold

The Alamo Ministries church in Fouke, Ark., and other properties can be sold to partially satisfy a $30 million judgment Tony Alamo owes two men raised in the controversial group, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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