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  Alamo Takes Stand at Hearing Regarding 4 State-Held Girls

By Andy Davis
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
November 25, 2008

http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/nov/25/alamo-takes-stand-hearing-regarding-4-sta-20081125/?subscriber/national

TEXARKANA - Testifying at a hearing on the custody status of four girls taken from his religious compound in Fouke, evangelist Tony Alamo admitted to sharing a house with multiple women, but he contended he was only married to one at a time.

Alamo, the 74-year-old headof a multistate ministry with headquarters in Fouke, spent about an hour on the stand at the Juvenile Courts Center in Texarkana during a hearing Monday to decide whether the four girls should stay in foster care, be placed with relatives or be returned to their parents at the compound. Attorneys asked him about allegations that he has taken multiple wives and thatthe church administers beatings.

 
 

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