Convicted pastor says he's 'one of the prophets'

[babsbunny]

Convicted pastor says he's 'one of the prophets'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_re_us/us_evangelist_child_abuse

By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press Writer Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Writer – 46 mins ago
TEXARKANA, Ark. – Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex. Alamo stood silently as the verdict was read, a contrast to his occasional mutterings during testimony. His five victims sat looking forward in the gallery. One, a woman he "married" at age 8, wiped away a tear.

"I'm just another one of the prophets that went to jail for the Gospel," Alamo called to reporters afterward as he was escorted to a waiting U.S. marshal's vehicle.

[virgogal]

1. Yeah,and I'm The Virgin Mary. :-)

[Adsos Letter]

2. No, you freak, you're going to jail for being one more run-of-the-mill child molester

But, as a "prophet," I guess you didn't see that comin' did ya.

[Orsino]

4. Yeah. He's much more Old Testament than Gospel. n/t

[NoQuarter]

6. And as we all know,

child molesters are at THE BOTTOM of the totem in prison.

Crime and Punishment, indeed.

[gratuitous]

3. They misheard him

They should have spelled the word "profits."

[AzDar]

5. self-delete

;-)

[SpiralHawk]

7. REPUBLICON 'family values' - so low, so perverse, so damn Republicon

Ptooey.

[Confusious]

8. Of DOOM!

I would say unbelievable, but these days, they use the bible to justify anything.

If he says he's a man of god, he thinks he can piss on your grandparents grave.

[rucky]

9. they're gonna love him in prison.

[malaise]

10. Some of the parents should have been jailed as well

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmOiqQT1PYFy0ptuu_jsZ4TvKjKAD99KMADO0
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Federal prosecutors won't say whether any of the parents could face charges. Prosecutor Brent Haltom in Miller County, where Alamo's compound is located, said he has no cases open involving the evangelist or parents of the alleged victims.

Parents themselves offered differing views on their own culpability. The mother of an 18-year-old who said Alamo "married" her at age 8 told jurors she had no problems with her daughter going to the evangelist's home. The mother called Alamo "a holy man of God" and a prophet who took in a troubled girl.

"I was totally in control of her situation," the woman, a defense witness, said. Prosecutors never got the chance to ask if she knew Alamo had sex with her daughter as she left the stand after claiming Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. Four of her underage children remain missing after state child-welfare officials obtained an order seeking to put them in protective care.

The Associated Press generally does not name those who say they were victims of sexual abuse, and often doesn't use names of family members to avoid identifying the accusers.