Friday, September 26, 2008

Alamo arrested in child sex case

NVDL: This guy looks creepy.
clipped from news.yahoo.com
This undated file photo made available by Tony Alamo Christian Ministries shows Tony Alamo and his wife Susan. The FBI says evangelist Tony Alamo has been arrested in Arizona on suspicion of transporting minors across state lines for sexual purposes.  (AP Photo/Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, file)

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, describes the ministry as a cult. Alamo's church rails against homosexuals, Roman Catholics and the government, and Alamo has preached that girls are fit for marriage once they are sexually mature.

"Consent is puberty," he said in an interview with The Associated Press last week from a telephone registered in the Los Angeles area while agents raided the compound. He denied any involvement with pornography.

Since establishing his ministries in Arkansas, Alamo has been a controversial and flamboyant figure in the state. Snapshots often show him wearing large dark sunglasses, and he recently said he is legally blind.


In his autobiography, "My Life," former President Bill Clinton, an Arkansas native, described Alamo as "Roy Orbison on speed."

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