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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Before evangelist Tony Alamo’s arrest on federal sex charges, three girls who lived at his Arkansas compound told an FBI agent that he had sexually abused them, and one said he had threatened to have “someone take care of you” if she talked, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit.
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TEXARKANA, Ark. – A custody hearing for 20 children taken from parents who attend Tony Alamo Christian Ministries is likely to draw lawyers from across Arkansas into a courtroom today.
The initial probable cause hearings will focus on whether state child welfare officials had enough evidence to seize the children Nov. 18. Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson [...]

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Stories of alleged beatings and sexual abuse prompted Arkansas child-welfare officials to take custody of 20 more children associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, an official said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, authorities confirmed that a federal arrest warrant had been issued for a man accused of being Alamo’s brutal enforcer.
The children — [...]

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TEXARKANA — At a hearing on the custody status of two girls removed from Tony Alamo’s religious compound in southwest Arkansas, a 14-yearold girl testified that Alamo had touched her inappropriately, and an 18-year-old man described beatings at the hands of another church member.
The girl told Miller County Circuit Court Judge Jim Hudson during the [...]

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TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — A federal magistrate called Tony Alamo a flight risk Wednesday as he ordered the evangelist held without bail until his trial on charges that he took a minor across state lines for sex.
The ruling came after Alamo’s former followers testified at a hearing that they were often beaten at his instructions [...]

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