Alamo explained

After evangelist Tony Alamo was convicted on Friday of transporting girls across state lines for sexual purposes, a Southern Poverty Law Center expert explained why a verdict of this sort took decades to occur. “This man has been running around the country for decades getting away with doing awful things and hurtful things to people,” […]

After evangelist Tony Alamo was convicted on Friday of transporting girls across state lines for sexual purposes, a Southern Poverty Law Center expert explained why a verdict of this sort took decades to occur.

“This man has been running around the country for decades getting away with doing awful things and hurtful things to people,” said Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center told the Associated Press.

“Law enforcement is very reluctant to intervene in what looks like religion. You’ve got to be very careful when you are attacking people’s beliefs. There is a tendency to not want to violate people’s constitutional rights.”


The law center lists Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, which is based in Texarkana, Texas, as a hate group due to its homophobic leaflets and “virulent anti-Catholicism,” the AP said.

Alamo faces up to 175 years in prison.

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