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Bad Week for Alamo Ministries Posted in Anti-Catholic, Anti-Gay, Intelligence Report by Susy Buchanan on October 16, 2007 Print This Post The first week of October was a rough one for World Pastor Tony Alamo, the cult leader who for decades has claimed “homosexuality is caused by demon possession” and the U.S. government is an agent of the “satanic” Catholic Church. On Oct. 2, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries member Leslie Ray “Buster” White was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tyler, Texas, on charges of trafficking in 1,475 pairs of counterfeit Nike tennis shoes as well as illegally copied CDs. (White has been described as the associate pastor of Alamo Ministries, although Alamo denied that to the Texarkana [Texas] Gazette.) During an FBI raid of White’s Great American Outlet Mall — where the counterfeit goods were allegedly sold — federal agents also seized nearly $110,000 in cash. The next day, the Intelligence Report released “The Ravening Wolf,” an investigative article detailing the 73-year-old Alamo’s history of tax evasion, vicious anti-Catholic and anti-gay rhetoric, and polygamy. Alamo, who has himself had multiple wives, preaches that little girls should marry as soon as they start menstruating and cites, among other things, the alleged promiscuity of first-graders. This is a photo of Jackie Garner, 12, on her wedding day. The article provoked a storm among Alamo followers and critics, with some 11,000 people, by one count, reading the story online in a single day. In the counterfeit case, White pleaded innocent after his arrest. Alamo, for his part, told the Texarkana paper that White was being “railroaded because he goes to my church.” If convicted, White could face up to 25 years in federal prison and $2,250,000 in fines. Trial is scheduled for December. (more from that site to follow) | ||
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24 Responses to 'Bad Week for Alamo Ministries' Subscribe to comments with RSS 1. Dyann said, on October 16th, 2007 at 11:23 am Susy, I am a regular reader of the SPLC online. I am also a surviving ALAMO Cult escapee. I want to expressly thank you for the attention to pay to this Hateful person and his crimes. His time is short, we are all making lots of noise. Many thanks again, Dyann 2. Claudia said, on October 16th, 2007 at 3:53 pm Dear Suzy, I want to thank you, from the depths of my heart, for helping expose this 73 year old, who pretends to be not only a man of God (NOT !) but goes as far as to anoint himself with the blasphemous title of “World Pastor”. This horrible man has raped little girls, beaten children bloody, stolen, lied, has a virtual prison, full of captive girls and women. There are boarded up windows, locks on the doors, cameras mounted, and guards everywhere, to make sure that every avenue of escape is blocked. we need more people like you, Suzy, in order to shine a spotlight on the demonic activities of Tony Alamo, and do something about his crimes. Thank you ! Claudia 3. Partnered Against Cult Activity said, on October 16th, 2007 at 10:44 pm Fouke’s newest friend Susy, Your visit to Fouke caused concern to some, especially us who were going against Alamo so intently, because we did not know what to expect. He has included so much hate and lies towards this town in the last year it could not all be included in your story as you well know. He tells of people’s medical conditions, that God’s going to destroy us. He says we’re the headquarters of the KKK. Alamo says we are being paid by the Vatican to come against him. We have to look at that place he calls a church every day. It cannot be describe as anything other than a compound. It’s locked gates and armed guards say it all. We care for the children in there. We care for anyone that wants to leave that place. We will not give in to his intimidation of guards following us. We will ignore his threats of lawsuits. We will not hand this town over to him. Our hope and belief is your article will get into the right hands and someone will finally have to take notice. That proscess has already started. Tony of course will run. And we will be watching and waiting. I dont think he will be as lucky this time. Come back sometime for another visit. Thanks Susy PACA 4. Dyann said, on October 17th, 2007 at 11:20 am http://www.factnet.org/cgi-bin.....POST453573 ” …. I believe the stage is being set for the arrest and conviction of Tony Alamo. The big pedophiles right now (Warren Jeffs, the creep who videotaped himself raping a 3 year old, and the pedophile who was raping little boys in Malaysia) are gaining worldwide attention.These arrests have given me a lot of encouragement,like they have for everyone else who hates evil, the freedom that Tony Alamo enjoys, is not worthy of, has been a source of daily vexation, indignation and anger. I can’t WAIT to see the justice and judgment of God, who never fails.” Reprinted by assumed permission from Claudia, my evil twin 5. Susy Buchanan said, on October 18th, 2007 at 4:22 pm Claudia, Dyann, Paca, Thank you for your kind comments. Check out the audio clips we have recently added to the story: http://www.splcenter.org/intel.....p?pid=1443 Susy (more to follow) | ||
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6. Judith said, on October 18th, 2007 at 6:57 pm I was shocked and disturbed by Susan Buchanan’s article and the follow-up comments by people familiar with Tony Alamo. How has Tony Alamo been allowed to continue perpetrating such horrific crimes?? My hope is that the proper authorities will finally do what needs to be done - take serious legal action against Tony Alamo now! 7. Renee said, on October 18th, 2007 at 9:18 pm This is a well-researched, well-written article about a modern-day monster in our society. It is difficult to imagine how law enforcement could ignore this unless, as is quoted in the article, they are corrupt. What can we do? 8. Bob said, on October 18th, 2007 at 10:00 pm What do these fathers and mothers tell themselves to make them think it is okay to give away their precious little girls to be raped and beaten by this 73 year old pedophile? How distorted must their thinking be that they can tricked into losing the instinct which surely all parents have to want to protect their children and keep them safe from harm? Thank you, Susy Buchanan, for doing this article. 9. David said, on October 19th, 2007 at 8:04 am It is horrifying to look at the photo of 12 year old Jackie Garner, and realize she is not playing dress-up in her wedding gown. She is actually about to have to submit to being raped. Is that her mother, the woman who looks confused, standing next to her? What could she possibly be thinking? Or a better question might be, is she thinking? i can only imagine the person who “married” this girl in the tradition of the “world Pastor Tony Alamo” is a raping pedophile himself. This cult must be flooded with these criminals who are hoping to get their own little girl to rape. This absolutely needs to be stopped. Does law enforcement not think about what these little girls have to endure? Is it not their job to protect these children? 10. Alan BErger said, on October 19th, 2007 at 11:09 am Alamo need to be stopped now. Hopefully this disclosure will get law enforcement authorities moving to apprehend this criminal, and save the children. SAVE THE CHILDREN!!!!!! 11. Carol said, on October 19th, 2007 at 12:12 pm Suzy, thank you for doing such a good job and keeping these attrocities in the context of Tony. Time is revealing more and more of what hes done. Hes truely a monster. 12. connie said, on October 19th, 2007 at 12:14 pm What is really bad is that Alamo has used the Gospel for years to promote himself and just uses what is in the bible to keep people believing that he is really a Christian. You can teach a parrot to do that. He tells a little truth and adds a lot of lies. Alamo hasn’t an ounce of compassion for anyone. And any parent that would let their child of 12 years old marry has mental problems caused by years of being under alamo control. And the real sad part is that Alamo and his misguided followers are giving Christianity a bad rap. Just so you know real Christians would never be a part of Alamo or anything like it. (more to follow) | ||
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13. Dyann said, on October 19th, 2007 at 2:35 pm I have emailed, telephoned directly to all law enforcement I can find and will continue to do so. They will all be held accountable for not moving sooner than now because the truth is out there. Thanks to Susy and this SPL Center and every other site that has exposed this diabolical reprobate. I have even had a call-back from the State Legislature’s Office from Arkansas who only informs me that this man needs to be sued civily. That an ex-member has to hire an attorney in order to bring Tony to justice. That is HOGWASH! What part of ongoing criminal, underaged VICTIMS who can NOT hire an attorney, don’t they understand??? 14. Tom A said, on October 19th, 2007 at 5:11 pm Susy, Thank You, for the wonderful article! I read your article in horror and disgust. How many years can these atrocities go unpunished? How manylaws need to be broken? How many young childrens lives need to be consumed by this sexual glutten. 15. Connie said, on October 20th, 2007 at 5:27 pm Im looking at the picture of Jackie Garner who is only 12yrs old and married. Then I notice the little girl next to her standing in front of her grandmother. Is she next? According to Tony Alamo little girls at that young age can already be sexually active. 16. cp pryor said, on October 21st, 2007 at 12:10 am Susy, What an outrage that children continue to suffer and be scarred while too many of those vested with authority in our society turn blind eyes to this ever growing menace to human welfare which blatantly festers amongst us. The barbaric practices you’ve so frankly reported are woeful examples of the reprehensible behavior countless innocent and defenseless children are repeatedly being subjected to, and not just at the hands of Tony Alamo, that vaingloriously self-proclaimed ‘world pastor’, but also at the hands of other covert serial predators as well. Thank you so much for presenting such a candidly written, carefully researched and documented article on the diabolical mystique surrounding the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. In light of the hard to believe goings-on within that outfit, it’s not hard to understand that its very name is intended to serve as window dressing aimed at duping the unsuspecting. You’ve skillfully taken your tools of investigative journalist’s know-how and focused deeply beyond that deceptive store front image. You’ve successfully taken your readers right into the very dark heart of that sordid charade that poses as a genuine and benevolent Christian group. You’ve made it so easy to see Tony Alamo as he really is, ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’. This veritable con-artist even connived to feignedly offer charitable assistance to help provide the destitute Katrina victims with sorely needed donations. All the while unscrupulously working a hidden agenda to steal any would be profits those donations might fetch. Donations that had been acquired through bilking unsuspecting third party donors. Donors who gave generously in good faith, under the supposition that all their pledges were destined for the Katrina victims. Is there no end to his criminal behavior? This expose` encompasses the essentials that could very well spearhead all that’s vital in bringing this lawless culprit, Tony Alamo, to justice in the very, very, near future. Well done! (more to follow) | ||
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17. Greg said, on October 21st, 2007 at 7:44 pm Alamo’s lawyers threatened the www.alamoministrieswatch.com website; it was taken down and volumes of information about Alamo became unavailable. Yes, Alamo certainly did have a bad week. Another thing that happened the same day the SPLC article was released was that www.tonyalamonews.com debuted on the internet exposing Alamo’s atrocities. 18. Dyann said, on October 22nd, 2007 at 12:32 pm Yes, it did Greg. What’s more… ALL the volumes of documented information about Alamo that once was lost, is now found and brought back out into the light for all the world to view in all it’s ugliness. I pray the forces that broght that site on-line continues to have the power to maintain it. And the “Google List” keeps growing…. 19. SW said, on October 22nd, 2007 at 10:09 pm Excellent work Susy - you nailed better than anyone has ever done. The Arkansas police already have a bad rep for their involvement in Bill Clinton’s illicit sexual activities and need to be exposed for not acting sooner. I think one of the most revealing things on www.tonyalamonews.com is the article by Suan’s son Charles, whom I remember visiting the Georgia Ridge compound. Only family members can tell us the truth of what really happened before we came to know T & S and swallowed their contrived “testimony”. Also I remember the day T.A. told several of us at 20644 Roscoe Boulevard Canoga Park Ca he was now a polygamist. I knew it was time to roll ASAP. God is still good . No one should throw away their faith because T.A. is evil. -SW 20. Dyann said, on October 24th, 2007 at 11:19 am Held Personally Accountable “Twenty five years of helping cult victims has thoroughly convinced me that the wrongdoing by destructive cults will stop ONLY when ALL profit is removed from that wrongdoing by holding the cult’s top executives PERSONALLY accountable before the law! If you or a loved one has been harmed by a cult, get a lawyer and sue the cult’s senior executives today. They are ultimately responsible for the harm that the cult has caused you and your loved ones. By getting full legal and financial restitution from the cult’s ill gotten profits you will not only help make your life whole again you will also do the most effective thing possible to prevent the cult from doing the same harm to others. Be encouraged, there are now many legal precedents established on cult abuse and mind control. Destructive cults have already paid former cult members hundreds of millions of dollars either though secret out-of-court settlements, pre-trial settlements or through enforced court judgments. Stop letting your former cult keep victimizing you. Use the law to go get your life made whole again and to help stop the wrongdoing, I did.” – Lawrence Wollersheim co-founder of Factnet, former cult member. Was paid a total of 9.2 plus million dollars in court judgments by the Scientology cult. 21. Dyann said, on October 27th, 2007 at 8:59 pm I just thought that the site I am referencing here: http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/de.....o-live.htm …is relevent to the SPLC site. I’m submitting it to this blog because I’m not sure which editor to forward it to. Thanks for acccepting my submital (more to follow) | ||
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22. Christhiaon Coie said, on October 31st, 2007 at 11:22 am Thank you for the wonderful article about Alamo. I spent the better part of my life fighting my mother and Tony. I tried and tried to get law enforcement to lock him up and throw away the key. We managed to get him some prison time for the tax fraud. Attorney Charles Karr of Fort Smith Arkansas had the courage to fight this monster for me and the Court made him bring her body back and bury her like a human being. She was my mother. Even after all the horrible things she did, I still love her. She gave me life. Had Charles Karr not taken my case, I would have never been able to force him [Alamo] to bury her. Mr. Karr is wonderful decent man and I will go to my grave in his debt. As far as the one hundred thousand dollar judgment, I have never seen a dime of it. I wasn’t looking for money. If anyone ever deserved that money, it was my babies–my precious girls. They paid for my fight with their childhoods and security. I was so busy demanding justice for other peoples’ kids, my kids were drafted into a fight they should have never had to see, hear or ever know about. I doubt anyone in the Alamo cult will ever see this. But if you do, take your babies and run. Don’t hand your baby girls over to that filthy old reprobate. You’re not serving God—you’re serving a psychotic. Tony calls himself a man of God. Forgive me, but I think before you get to be much of anything you must first be a man (or woman)–that will be something he will never achieve. He’s a liar. A snake oil salesman. He trades in human suffering and punishment. Think of him as Osama, minus the dialysis machine in tow. He’s a whore for power and money. He uses his band of “I’m off my psychotic meds followers” to do his dirty deeds. It breaks my heart that he’s still slithering through the world. Momma and Tony have destroyed so many lives. It’s truly shameful. I’m so proud of Susan, who contributed to this article and all the young brave people who have the guts to stand up to the Alamos of the world. I also want to thank the Southern Poverty Law Center for their years of brilliant work. Respectfully, Christhiaon Coie 23. Dyann said, on October 31st, 2007 at 2:31 pm Chris! It was wonderful of you to post in here! I’ve thought of, and prayed for you for years. You are in NO way responsible for any of us or the others who are still trapped. It’s Lame-O who is responsible and only him. He will pay eventually. I am taking the liberty of forwarding survivors to the attny you mentioned above. I have written to every single law “enforcement” entity in that State and have NO response. I even wrote to the Governor who refered me to “Legal Council”… How can innocent children get to “Legal Council”? There has to be enough to indict him NOW! What are they waiting for? Another Papa Jones Masacre? Tony loved to align his self with David Koresh… They should beware they don’t overlook the possiblity of another Jim Jones! XO Great to know you’re still around, Chris (kiss) | ||
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Chris, thanks for coming on board. It's awesome to have you on board telling the truth. God bless you, Bill | ||
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#25 Sue B said, on November 1st, 2007 at 10:30 am Susy Thank you for investigating the Alamo Foundation. Tony Alamo proclaims himself as “World Pastor” on his radio broadcasts. He stated on one of his radio programs that he, Tony Alamo, has power to start and stop the rain and also he has power to raise the dead. He is a pedophile, raping under-age daughters of his members and has also turned his followers into pedophiles. The picture of Jackie Garner is only 1 of the many under-age girls forced to marry a man in his 30’s. Tony Alamo is a liar! Even on his radio broadcast he challenges people to prove he has more than 1 wife! Tony, just because you didn’t get a marriage license for all of the girls you’ve forced into your bed, by telling them God would kill them if they didn’t submit their bodies to you and become your wife- doesn’t mean they are not your wife.! The Bible (which you claim to believe) states that when a man goes in unto a women and lies with her, she becomes his wife! Stop with all the lies Tony Alamo. We lived inside the foundation and know for a fact about the many girls you have forced into your polygamist lifestyle using the Gospel of Christ as a tool to satisfy your evil lusts! #26 Jim Griffin said, on November 2nd, 2007 at 10:06 am Thank you Susy Buchanan for the article you wrote exposing Alamo. Thanks also to everyone else for telling it like it is. I tried to listen to some of Tony’s radio messages but as usual his rambling and inability to stay on the subject looses me in just a couple of miniutes. I kind of got a kick out of him comparing himself to God by saying the authorities will have to go to Heaven and arrest God for impregnating Mary since she was only 11. I guess he forgot that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Christ. I imagine that since he spoke the world into existance, he also could say the word and Mary could be with child without having sex with her. I don’t know why he would try to make God into a pedophile like himself. I hope Tony has many more bad weeks ahead of him. Can’t wait until he gets put away, I’m sure it’s coming. #27 cc said, on November 5th, 2007 at 5:34 pm he needs to be in jail. forever. #28 Child Advocate said, on November 6th, 2007 at 8:29 pm The article was fantastic! Although it brings light to this monster’s deeds and intentions, it will not get him arrested unless he is caught in the act or someone who was victimized escapes and comes forward to the authorities with all they witnessed THEN they must have the strength to press charges and follow through with the grueling process of getting him convicted. His days are numbered and when he is judged many families and friends will once again be reunited. We must all pray for that day and work our hardest to contribute to exposing Alamo’s actions. This article and the www.tonyalamonews.com website are a great start. Keep up the fight for all of those children who will no doubt carry the emotional and physical scars for years after it is over. Child Advocate http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/10/16/bad-week-for-alamo-ministries/ | ||
| mixter1 Intermediate Member Username: mixter1 Post Number: 249 Registered: 6-2007 Posted From: 76.214.12.80 |
The kids will hate their parents for bringing them up in a sick place like the Alamo Ministries. They may never have any respect for them. That's the reality of it. Truth. ~~ OH, FOUNDATION MEMBERS..(HUSBANDS??)-HA!!! ~~ FOUNDATION, UNFIT, MISFIT, DIMWIT,(PARENTS?) ~~ YOU FILTHY PEDOPHILES!!!(UNDERAGE WIVES) ~~ LITTLE GIRLS, INNOCENT. ~~ YOUR CHILDREN WILL HATE YOU AND ~~ THEY REALLY WILL! ~~ AND THAT, FOR THE REST OF THEIR ~~ LIVES IN THIS WORLD. ~~ YOU ARE NO PARENTS! WHAT YOU ARE ~~ BREEDERS OF YOUNG GIRLS FOR ~~ PEDOPHILES TO MOLEST, RAPE, ~~ AND MESS UP FOR LIFE! ~~ THAT'S NOT MARRIED. ~~ THAT'S HELL!!! ~~ HELL!!!! ~~ DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE MORMONS ABOLISHED ~~ POLYGAMY DECADES AGO. THAT MEN HAVE BEEN ~~ EXCOMMUNICATED FROM THAT CHURCH FOR THAT ~~ BEHAVIOR. WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ALL ON??? ~~ IT'S YOU PASTOR WHO WILL DIE WITH HIS ~~ BED ON FIRE. DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR: ~~ PUT IT ON FILM. ~~ HE WON'T GO OUT WITH A SMILE FOR SURE | ||
| mixter1 Intermediate Member Username: mixter1 Post Number: 253 Registered: 6-2007 Posted From: 76.214.12.80 |
Hurts a little to put down the part about the kids, but, kids want smart caring parents. What happens when that place falls apart? Things do fall apart. Walls a never permanent or effective in the long run. |
