A Lame-O

September 26th, 2008

Lock him up and throw away the key:

Following a raid on his church’s compound last week, Christian evangelist Tony Alamo has been arrested in Arizona on suspicion of transporting minors across state lines for sexual purposes, the FBI told the Associated Press. [...]

Alamo is scheduled for a federal court appearance Friday in Arizona, the AP reported.

Just days ago, Alamo was laughing in an interview with ABCNews.com, despite the raid on the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in Arkansas by more than 100 federal agents as part of a two-year investigation into allegations of child pornography, physical and sexual abuse of children, polygamy and underage marriage.

Alamo has been accused by ex-followers of beating children who misbehave and separating husbands from their wives and children to punish them for various infractions.

But Alamo (pronounced ah-LAM-o) seemed relaxed when discussing the accusations and the raid, relishing the fact that the raid took place on his 74th birthday last weekend. And he remained defiant in his denial of the allegations, and unrepentant about his promotion of marriage between older men and girls as young as 10.

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