TV evangelist jailed over child 'brides'
Former TV evangelist Tony Alamo has been sentenced to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across US state lines for sex. Alamo, original name Bernie Hoffman, was sentenced today in Texarkana, Arkansas. US District Judge Harry Barnes listened to testimony from Alamo's victims before giving the 75-year-old the maximum time allowed by federal guidelines and effectively ordering that he spend the rest of his life behind bars. The founder of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries took girls into his organisation as underage "brides". Five women, aged between 17 and 33, testified in July that Alamo "married" them in private...
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