FBI: Evangelist Alamo arrested in child sex probe

Mark E. Smith

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Thu Sep-25-08 07:25 PM
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FBI: Evangelist Alamo arrested in child sex probe

Source: AP

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The FBI says evangelist Tony Alamo has been arrested
in Arizona on suspicion of transporting minors across state lines for sexual
pirposes.

FBI spokesman Steve Frazier says Alamo was staying at a motel in Flagstaff
when agents arrested him Thursday.

Authorities raided the Tony Alamo Christian ministries compound in
Arkansas last week and removed six girls.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_re_us/evangelist_child_porn

Here we go again ..

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undeterred

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Thu Sep-25-08 07:28 PM
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1. That guy has been around forever, ripping people off.

Edited on Thu Sep-25-08 07:30 PM by undeterred

I think some of these guys start out honest. Then they realize how gullible people are and they realize that they can actually take advantage of people because they are trusted. And they get away with it for years and years. Its criminal.

Edit: Oh wow, look at this. http://www.tonyalamochurch.com/

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Joe Bacon

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Sat Sep-27-08 10:16 AM
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8. I remember when the clown started in Hollywood

He was just a real insane hoot! Also remember his wife, Susan, who made Tammy Faye look like a Girl Scout. She said that God made her immortal, then she died from cancer and Tony put her in a freezer and had a prayer marathon for six months waiting for The Big G to regenerate her. Well, I guess the Big G had more important things to do and Tony kept her in the frigidare until he found another bimbo...

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TomInTib

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Thu Sep-25-08 07:30 PM
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2. What a shame. Tony and Susan are such a cute couple.

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OnyxCollie

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Fri Sep-26-08 10:36 AM
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5. Wait for the made for TV movie.

Tony and Susan will be played by John C. Reilly and Maya Rudolph.

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keepCAblue

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Thu Sep-25-08 07:46 PM
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3. Oh, those Evangelicals...

They give new meaning to the word "hypocrisy" And these are the people--these tax-evading, child molesting, lobotomized cretins--these are the people who McBush and company pander to? Actually, it makes sense they WOULD pander to these bottom feeders; they are, afterall, cut from the same cloth.

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moodforaday

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Fri Sep-26-08 09:58 AM
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4. And for the best part:

Asked why authorities were searching the property, Alamo compared himself to Christ.
"Why were they after Jesus?" he asked. "It's the same reason. Jesus is living within me."

It's from a CNN article, which has some more detail than Yahoo:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/25/childporn.alamo/index.html

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Zookeeper

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Fri Sep-26-08 10:44 AM
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6. I'm no bible-expert, but I don't recall anything about Jesus...

being a pedophile. What version of the bible has Tony been reading?

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Joe Bacon

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Sat Sep-27-08 10:12 AM
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7. The one that says...

..."Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD"... :evilgrin:

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mitchum

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Sat Sep-27-08 03:01 PM
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9. "Fondle the little children unto me"

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mitchum

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Sat Sep-27-08 03:03 PM
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10. "Eat, this is my body...and it tastes like grape candy!"

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