A judge entered a default judgement for $545 million against Alamo and his “church”. The lawyer suing Alamo says he isn’t sure if he’ll collect the entire amount. I’m sure. Alamo is in Federal prison serving essentially a life sentence.<\/p>\n
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If Tony Alamo is not familiar to you, he and his wife Susan ran televangelist ministry shows in the wee hours in the 1980s, competing with Gene Scott. Susan wore the pants in the family, or maybe nore accurately the sharon Falconer flowing robes (see: Elmer Gantry). The basic premise was they knew Jesus was real because Susan recovered from having Cancer. The ministry started falling apart when she died later from cancer. Tony promised that Susan would rise again from the dead, just like Jesus did. That hasn’t happened yet to the best of my knowledge.<\/p>\n
Tony got in legal trouble because his church was involved in recruiting underage girls to become “brides” for middle aged men and taking them across state lines.<\/p>\n
The Alamo ministries continued to air radio shows on KLAV in Las Vegas even after Tony was convicted and sent to prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A judge entered a default judgement for $545 million against Alamo and his “church”. The lawyer suing Alamo says he isn’t sure if he’ll collect the entire amount. I’m sure. Alamo is in Federal prison serving essentially a life sentence. … Continue reading