Ark. Evangelist In Court On Child Sex Rap

Tony Alamo Accused Of Transporting Minors Across State Lines For Sex

(AP)  Evangelist Tony Alamo appeared in court Friday for a five-minute hearing on a federal charge accusing him of transporting minors across state lines for sex.

It was Alamo's first appearance since his Sept. 25 arrest in Arizona, five days after his compound in Fouke was raided and six girls were taken into protective custody. A federal grand jury indicted Alamo on the charge that he violated the Mann Act that prohibits bringing children across state lines for sex.

He faces two counts: one of Mann Act and one of aiding and abetting the transfer. If convicted, Alamo faces 10 years to life in prison and a $250,000 fine on each charge.

In court Friday, Alamo said he understood the charges but that he could not read them. He has said he's legally blind.

Alamo's attorney, John Wesley Hall, said he was given a copy of the arrest affidavit by the public defender who represented Alamo in Arizona but would not provide a copy.

"It's full of a lot of stuff that I don't think the government will be able to prove," Hall said.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Bryant set a hearing for Wednesday on whether Alamo, who remains jailed, can be released before trial. Prosecutors have said Alamo has shown himself to be a flight risk and should remain in custody.

Bryant also set a trial date for Nov. 19.

In the raid in Fouke, agents were searching for evidence that children there had been molested or filmed having sex. Alamo has long promoted the idea of girls being allowed to marry as soon as they reach puberty but has denied in interviews that such marriages have taken place in his ministry.

Alamo also has operations in Fort Smith, California and New Jersey.

Since establishing his ministries in Arkansas, Alamo has drawn attention for brushes with the law and unusual behavior, such as keeping his late wife's corpse for years under the belief that she would be resurrected.

Alamo was convicted of tax-related charges in 1994 and served four years in prison after the IRS said he owed the government $7.9 million.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, describes the ministry as a cult that thrives on criticism of homosexuals, Roman Catholics and the government.

[honestabe8]

I don''t imagine that this creep is going to get a nobel prize. As far as a book deal goes, it would all depend on whether a publisher thinks he has a potential money maker. Not like fake religious creeps are ostracized in a conservative society.

[honestabe8]

runningralph: i imagine that that justification is used by liberals and conservatives alike

[runningralph]

I keep reading blogs about how child abusers will be given some horrible treatment in prison by convicts. Is this true? Who says, besides bloggers? Is this behaviour documented by research? Aren''t most prisoners abused to some extent? I wonder if some liberals cling to this belief so they can justify not executing these creeps. These perverts should be studied, analyzed and euthanized.

[tryhonesty]

The RepubliCON-NEOcon poster boy...

[honestabe8]

I hope this guy becomes the belle of the ball in prison.

[dewbug2]

oh, all you guys and gals quit arguing back and forth....you''re missing the point....concentrate instead on taking this cult leader bashturd out and stringing him up (upside down, by his yoo no what)for what he has done....and if he ain''t legally blind now,(the lying scum) then poke his *** eyes out with a sharp stick and make sure he is,also for what he does to children.

[bailmeout1]

Hey, the Jews were there. They were right there. They did not have to wad through a text that has been retranslated hundreds of times. If all the miracles were happening, the Jews surely would have seen it. They do not think Jesus was anything but a man. but you know who did fall for that chit? The Romans did! And they took it all to Rome. The Romans were occupying that area. hmmmmmmmm Sounds like some Jewish trickery at play here......

[bailmeout1]

And had this country not been founded on Judeo-Christian principles...
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Posted by StopSocialis at 08:20 PM : Oct 17, 2008
Stop trying to be so da_mn politically correct. There were no Jews involved with settling this country. It was settled by Christians - and those wise men were wise enough to leave Christianity out of the Constitution. The fact that they had customs and swore on a Bible is meaningless. And how can it possibly be Judeo-christian beliefs when Jews do not believe that Jesus was Christ. They purposely wrote "By their creator" to mean whatever/whoever created them - no Jesus involved. It would have been easy, everyone all around them believed in Jesus - why do you suppose they left it out? They anticipated the control that ALL religions try to impose on others. Christianity included.

[stopsocialis]

And had this country not been founded on Judeo-Christian principles, we WOULD NOT, I repeat WOULD NOT be afforded the freedoms we have today in our country. And our founding fathers KNEW THIS:

John Adams:
"The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity%u2026 I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God."

Patrick Henry:

"It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here." [May 1765 Speech to the House of Burgesses]


So go ahead history revisionist atheists and other liberal theologians. Keep twisting history and distorting our country''s founding. You see how far it''s got you now don''t you?

Our country is going down the tubes. So I hope this is what you wanted!

You throw God and the Bible out, you get total chaos! Total and utter chaos and disorder

[stopsocialis]

The Founding Fathers were wise enough to write "By their creator" - not Jesus or anyone else for that matter. They also "Held these truths to be self evident" - requiring no proof. These wack jobs Muslims and wack job Christians are going to ruin this planet. I am a Republican and stand up to the wacky right. Its time the left did the same with their socialist programs.
Posted by bailmeout1 at 05:13 PM : Oct 17, 2008

Most of our founding fathers were Christians and our Constitution was founded on Biblical principles and law, and George Washington implimented swearing in on the Bible while taking the oath of the Presidency, which still continues to this day.


Denying the United States'' Judeo-Christian roots and foundation is to deny history and distort everything our blessed nation has ever been about.

History revisionists who have taken the "separation of church and state" phrase from Jefferson''s letter to the Danbury Baptists and who have tried to incorporate it into the US Constitution have RUINED this country''s moral foundation.

There is no "separation of church and state" in the Constitution. IT is a myth. This country cannot be separated from God''s principles and laws otherwise you get what we''re seeing in our country nowadays, total and utter chaos and confusion.

Our founding fathers warned about this, and now we see why they did.

They knew that removing God and the Bible from our country would result in turmoil, hence today''s society in America.

[stopsocialis]

My beliefs on how we got here, why we are here, and where we are going are my own beliefs - and they stay exactly where they should stay, within me.

Posted by bailmeout1 at 05:19 PM : Oct 17, 2008




Exactly!

There''''s NO REASON to "force" your beliefs / ideas on anyone else!

Most christians could learn from your lesson!!


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Posted by grouchyjohn at 05:20 PM : Oct 17, 2008


Here''s where grouchjohn(hungry1968)demonstrates his double standards.

Somehow it''s "ok" for him to push his atheistic view into society through Darwinian Evolution and the "Big Bang" theory without "keeping it to himself" but it''s not ok for Christians to stand up for the Creator, as our founding fathers did.

Hateful militant atheists like grouchyjohn are the very reason why our country continues to go on a downslide. Their militant atheism has destroyed our moral foundation.

They are direct servants of the father of lies, satan, himself.

[stopsocialis]

Evangelist Tony Alamo is a REAL CHRISTIAN, just like StopSocialis. They both said so.

Creeps!


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Posted by jMcGilvray at 05:20 PM : Oct 17, 2008

jMcGilvray you wouldn''t know a real Christian even if the Lord Himself was standing in front of you. This maniac Alamo is a cult leader, not a Christian, and you are about as lowlife as he is.

You would fall into one of these cult traps (actually you already have, it''s called militant atheism...same as Josef Stalin) just as easily as he did.


Without Christ, you will always be lost and you will always be living your life pointing fingers and blaming others for your lack of discipline, respect, and maturity and your lack of belief in ANYTHING. YOU make the decisions you''ve made in life, your life is miserable because YOU made it miserable. YOU are responsible for your own hatred and demise of your own life, nobody else!

[stopsocialis]

Organized religion IS THE PROBLEM - ESPECIALLY christianity.
Posted by grouchyjohn at 05:25 PM : Oct 17, 2008

You continue to demonstrate your Stalin-like character. People like you are just as dangerous as the Islamic jihadists (for which you never condemn on these forums).

You hate Christians, they hate Christians. You hate Jews, they hate Jews.

the only difference is you haven''t got the courage to blow yourself up yet for the 72 virgins.

[stopsocialis]

I DO NOT believe Jesus Christ was anything more than a mortal man.
Posted by grouchyjohn at 05:55 PM : Oct 17, 2008

And what''s your source of this? How did you make this determination that Jesus Christ was just a mere mortal man.

What''s the source of you making this determination? I''m curious..

[stopsocialis]

The ONLY shady friends he has, were invented for him.
posted by grouchyjohn

-Is that right hungry? So Jeremiah Wright doesn''t exist heh? Nor does Bill Ayers.

Dude you''re desperate. You hate this country so much that you would vote for Hitler or Stalin if they were alive today if it meant no Conservatives.

You''re a communist hungry, and you can count on us true American citizens fighting you tooth and nail to preserve our freedoms.

[babooph]

He will get his absentee ballot in jail-Pat Robertson will see to that -Palin needs these votes.

[bailmeout1]

Maybe the religious wacks do have it right. God help us! Gotta go c ya.

[bailmeout1]

Bailmeout: Today, a person with JFK''''s ideas on tax cuts, military, and fiscal responsibility would be labeled a far right nut case.
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Posted by downsteamjim at 06:23 PM : Oct 17, 2008
Precisely - I guess they just cant see it. Just look at the first bail out bill. The largest thing in history right? Yet Obama trys to slip earmarked money to Acorn (although he has no connection with them). Then after the House forces that out, the Senate adds $150 Billion in pork to it. $850 Billion dollars! And then they all stood there one by one - with a straight face - and said they were not sure if and how it would help.

[downsteamjim]

Bailmeout: Today, a person with JFK''s ideas on tax cuts, military, and fiscal responsibility would be labeled a far right nut case.

[downsteamjim]

Grouchyjohn: So there is no Resko [sp], Ayers, Rev. White, Dorn.