Tony Alamo Christian 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. The appeals court issued three opinions Wednesday dealing with the children taken by welfare officials after a September 2008 raid at Alamo's compound. In one ruling, Judge Robert J. Gladwin wrote that testimony at closed hearings about the seizures showed "a clear picture of danger to the children in the ministry compound at Fouke." Gladwin added that judges had "no hesitation" in affirming a lower court's decision to allow the seizures. Alamo was sentenced to 175 years in federal ... Read Full Story

Bernie Hoffman, aka Tony Alamo, founder and leader of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, age 75, was sentenced to 175 years’ imprisonment today by U.S. District Court Judge Harry F. Barnes in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, announced U.S. Attorney Deborah Groom. Alamo was convicted this summer of charges that he transported minor girls across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity. On July 24, 2009, after six days of testimony, the jury found Alamo guilty on all 10 counts of the federal indictment. During the trial, the women testified Alamo had sexual relations with them while ... Read Full Story

Evangelist Tony Alamo has been sentenced to 175 years in federal prison for taking underage girls across state lines for sex. Continued here: Evangelist gets 175 years for underage sex Related Posts November 14, 2009 -- Fifth Grade Girls Find Coolness in Geekiness at Yahoo! Yahoo! Women in Tech, an internal stakeholder group for women across Yahoo!’s technology organization, recently partnered with Techbridge to host another K-12 event. Twenty-nine fifth-grade girls from Lincoln Elementary (Oakland, Calif.) spent the day at Yahoo!’s Sunnyvale campus to get a glimpse o... November 13, 2009 -- Friday The 13th Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of ... Read Full Story

TEXARKANA, AR—Bernie Hoffman, aka Tony Alamo, founder and leader of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, age 75, was sentenced to 175 years' imprisonment today by U.S. District Court Judge Harry F. Barnes in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, announced U.S. Attorney Deborah Groom. Alamo was convicted this summer of charges that he transported minor girls across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity. On July 24, 2009, after six days of testimony, the jury found Alamo guilty on all 10 counts of the federal indictment. During the trial, the women testified Alamo had sexual relations with them ... Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia Can the Christian bible be used in a court of law to justify child abuse? Believe it or not, a federal court has been asked to rule on this matter. According to the Associated Press , an attorney for evangelist Tony Alamo is claiming that the Christian bible demands corporal punishment. Now Alamo, currently jailed over alleged abuse, is being sued to challenge this claim and make it clear that religious freedom cannot be used as an excuse to abuse children. Alamo sounds like a real winner. He is awaiting trial on allegations that he took children across state lines for ... Read Full Story