Tony Alamo

Tony Alamo is the leader of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in Fouke, Arkansas. On September 25, 2008, Alamo was arrested at an Arizona hotel on suspicion of transporting minors across state lines for the purpose of sex (the Mann Act). Alamo's headquarters were raided by the FBI on September 20, 2008, after a two-year long investigation into child abuse.

On July 24, 2009 Alamo was convicted on 10 counts of transporting young girls across state lines for sex. According to the prosecutors of the case, Alamo "married" the girls by exchanging "wedding vows" and giving them rings. On November 13, 2009, Alamo was sentenced to the maximum punishment--175 years in prison.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531527,00.html?test=latestnews http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNELYBQ-yFV7c-z8dfPmftRr7UtT4w&sig2=q_T-oyar8NTHZuT-voPaYg&cid=1469268403&ei=pJ39SuCsOtyFmQfnmcrgAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5j7JRsIm1DgSBIfIFSL3D_fjT1HmwD9BUPAP01

The Alamo ministry compound has been raided three times since the 1990's and critics call it a cult. Although Alamo has denied the child abuse allegations, he has been quoted as saying that puberty is the age of consent for girls.CNN: Evangelist: 'Puberty' is age of sexual consent (September 23, 2008)