Disgraced preacher, child sex abuser Tony Alamo dies
Source: Associated Press
Kelly P. Kissel, Associated Press Updated 4:53 pm, Wednesday, May 3, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher whose apocalyptic ministry grew into a multimillion-dollar network of businesses and property before he was convicted in Arkansas of sexually abusing young girls he considered his wives, has died in prison. He was 82.
Once known for designing elaborately decorated jackets for celebrities including Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, Alamo died on Tuesday at a federal prison hospital in Butner, North Carolina, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
The disgraced preacher was convicted in 2009 on charges that he took underage girls across state lines for sex, including a 9-year-old. The judge who sentenced him to the maximum 175 years in prison told him: "One day you will face a higher and a greater judge than me. May he have mercy on your soul."
Alamo started preaching along the California streets in the 1960s, advocating a mixture of virulent anti-Catholicism and apocalyptic rhetoric. He claimed God authorized polygamy, professed that gays were the tools of Satan, and believed girls were fit for marriage even at a young age.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Disgraced-preacher-child-sex-abuser-Tony-Alamo-11118949.php
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Younger Tony Alamo
WhiteTara
(29,736 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Apparently, and this came as a surprise to me, God is sending UFO's:
http://www.alamoministries.com/content/english/newsreleases/ufo.html
Judi Lynn
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Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)the illustrious James T. Kirk:
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)No doubt where he formulated some of his fucked-up and twisted views of reality...... for instance:
"Hillary Ordered The Final Massacre At Waco"
http://www.alamoministries.com/content/english/newsreleases/hillaryordered.html
Wow!
Look around, it explains a lot!
I can't resist - "Remember the Alamo"
(or don't)
atreides1
(16,118 posts)Alamo and Falwell...there are many more to go before this country is safe from Christian fanaticism!!!
keithbvadu2
(37,051 posts)furtheradu
(1,865 posts)He was surrounded by his young, be smitten followers, he was decked out in bedazzled leisure suits like a wannabe Elvis.
His aura screamed "anti-Christian" ugly.
I made him uncomfortable.
Thanks God.
& Healing, strength & clear thinking to those deceived by these cons.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)They already went for a mint on ebay before he died, probably they'll go up now that he's gone. Stuff associated with notorious people always does.