Posted on 07/24/2009 3:14:02 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
TEXARKANA, Ark. – Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex. Alamo stood silently as the verdict was read, a contrast to his occasional mutterings during testimony. His five victims sat looking forward in the gallery. One, a woman he "married" at age 8, wiped away a tear.
"I'm just another one of the prophets that went to jail for the Gospel," Alamo called to reporters afterward as he was escorted to a waiting U.S. marshal's vehicle.
Shouts of "Bye, bye, Bernie" — Alamo was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman — came from a crowd gathered on the Arkansas side of the courthouse.
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Alamo, who founded the ministry with his wife Susan in the 1960s, remained defiant during the trial. He blurted out a reference to the Branch Davidian raid at Waco, Texas, muttered expletives during testimony and fell asleep even while alleged victims were testifying.
After Susan Alamo's death in 1982, Alamo began focusing his tracts on bashing Catholicism and the Vatican. His ministry, built on the backs of followers who worked in various businesses to support the church, designed and sold elaborate denim jackets for celebrities.
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I think his name is Tony. But, nevertheless . . . . a little putrification may atone some.
A prophet? Maybe his biblical name should be Pedophilus.
parsy, who hopes this freakazoid never gets out
Another agent of Satan masquerading as a pastor.
I think his real name IS Bernie...
Tony Alamo’s real name is Bernie LaZar Hoffman.
Well, the other prisoners will make quick work of that freak, if the citizenry don’t themselves.
Uh huh. The Gospel of Raping Little Girls. Tony should go whine to Warren Jeffs -- maybe he'd find a sympathetic ear there.
Mohammad was a prophet and a pedophile, too.
Or, this graf could have been worded:
Prosecutors said Alamo could face a total of 175 years in prison over violating the Mann Act, a law aimed at stopping women from being sold into prostitution. Each count also carries possible fines of $250,000.
The MSM always has to get their little editorial comments in.
"Bernie" to hell, and soon I hope.
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Send treats to the troops...
Great because you did it!
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If he’s a prophet then he saw prison in his future.
Yer half right.
No sir I do beleive you are delusional. A prophet doesn’t hurt children, a pervert does though. This you got your P words confused!!
Left-winger: accused Reagan of being the anti-Christ, Bush of plotting 9/11.
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