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Flirtus Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 12:14 PM
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Arkansas takes 21 children from Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound into protective custody
Source: Religion News Blog

Ark. seizes 21 more kids from evangelist's group

Item 22941 • Posted: Wednesday November 19, 2008

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas authorities have taken into protective custody 21 children associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries based on allegations of neglect and physical abuse.

Read more: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22941



I looked for other postings of today's story, am saddened at how many stories there are with different dates. Why is this guy still roaming the countryside?
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 12:31 PM
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1. Seems Tony believes SOMEBODY has to take the responsibility to abuse children in the name of God!
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 12:55 PM
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2. Hopefully this will result in more charges against him. nt.
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 02:33 PM
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3. and then they can stop putting their flyers on every car in Manhattan
which are impossible to tear in half because they are printed on some kind of plasticized paper.
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 03:05 PM
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4. Yet when this happened to the YFZ Ranch in TX...
Yet when this happened to the YFZ Ranch in TX, we had some DU'ers maintain that Texas Child Protective Services were engaging in "genocide" (their words, not mine).

I wonder if they will pop up on this one and defend the practice of this ministry too? (Methinks not)
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 06:22 PM
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5. Mehopes not!
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