75岁基督教福音派恋童癖牧师Tony Alamo今被判刑175年埃德蒙顿,Edmonton( u6 |& `' _& N# z
sentenced to 175 years for sex crimes
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Tony Alamo was sentenced Friday to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across state lines for sex, effectively punishing him for the rest of his life for molesting children he took as "brides" in his ministry.( g% n9 z# V. M4 Z6 i/ F
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During Friday's hearing, some of Alamo's victims testified about how their families were destroyed while the evangelist took over their lives.
Alamo, 75, had been convicted in July on a 10-count federal indictment. U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes said Alamo used his status as father figure and pastor and threatened and threatened the girls with "the loss of their salvation."埃德蒙顿,Edmonton4 C; W6 s$ K0 s3 v
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"Mr. Alamo, one day you will face a higher a greater judge than me, may he have mercy on your soul," Barnes said.
before Barnes sentenced Alamo, the evangelist offered a brief statement to the court praising God then later adding:埃德蒙顿,Edmonton0 _- a0 ~: i* T8 [
"I'm glad I'm me and not the deceived people in the world."埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China4 z9 q. c! C& A6 p+ ]6 L' c
lawyers said they planned to appeal Barnes' ruling. His defense offered a doctor who said he suffered from hardening arteries, diabetes, glaucoma and other health problems. However on cross-examination the doctor acknowledged he saw Alamo only once in 2004 and that the purpose of Alamo's visit was to get an eye lift to make him appear younger.埃德蒙顿,Edmonton& e1 b& B; m5 F
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The evangelist will stay in Texarkana pending a Jan. 13 hearing in which Barnes will decide whether Alamo's victims will get restitution from him. After that hearing, Barnes said Alamo would go to a federal prison that has hospital facilities.埃德蒙顿,Edmonton" \4 U6 K) K0 m# t' P! T. K
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A woman Alamo took as a child "bride" at age 8 challenged the evangelist from the witness stand Friday to submit himself to God's judgment. Reading from lined notebook paper, she said Alamo tore her family apart by taking her as a child bride and described how she shook uncontrollably when he first molested her.www.edmontonchina.cn& x2 u4 g) ]; K# t
"You preyed on innocent children," she said staring down Alamo, who wore yellow prison scrubs and a windbreaker for the hearing.埃德蒙顿,Edmonton7 ?/ w* S7 W4 R+ H) _; x# w) ^" {
"You have the audacity to ask for mercy. What mercy did you show us?" she said.
moment later she asked, "What kind of man of God does what you have done?"埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China# Y% M) \# p8 W$ K2 F, t/ ]
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The woman told Barnes that she planned to become an FBI agent in order to help other child sex abuse victims.
other child brides testified. One, who said she is now employed full-time and has a life of her own outside of the ministry, said she hoped Alamo would spend the rest of his life in jail.
"Maybe the real God, not the God you made up, will have mercy on your soul," the woman said.埃德蒙顿,Edmonton7 Y$ ~! V1 K+ q1 c! q
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Barnes said there was ample evidence that Alamo engaged in a pattern of molesting younger and younger girls in his ministry.埃德蒙顿,Edmonton2 q( v0 [6 J2 Q: L
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Alamo accused his victims of lying, as he has done throughout his prosecution. |