For years they were side by side, and Anthony said he believes she was the true mastermind of Alamo Ministries. Special Trial Judge Larry L. Nameroff ruled, however, that the organization was essentially operated for Tonys and Susans private benefit, and the IRS seized some of the church property for an auction. His booming voice could be heard on the radio from Alabama to Africa, trying to convert a new flock. As young girls, Amy Eddy and her best friend, Pebbles Rodriguez, did not have any control of their lives. In 1990, Alamo failed to appear in court to answer these charges and was ruled guilty in default. Tony was a street preacher and his ministry would offer . In the official record, Tony Alamo is listed as a pastor. Her. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Hes a riot. . The trial included testimony from church members who proved Alamo Ministries had accumulated $9 million in income for three years when he paid zero taxes. The ministry has buildings in Moffett and Muldrow. [16], Tony Alamo was arrested numerous times, beginning with an illegal weapons possession charge in 1966 for which he served time before he married Edith Opal Horn,[15][11] and culminating in his 2009 conviction on ten counts of transporting minors as young as 9 years old across state lines for sex. Original Design by Gurpartap Singh, Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse. History: Just 13 years old when she went to Tony Alamos house and became a wife. Theme Ported to Wordpress by Kaushal Sheth . 72201. My mother learned strong-arm tactics from my father and then finessed it with religion, Coie said. Then the couple flew to Vegas, where they went through two more marriage ceremonies. History: In 1993 Angela Marie Morales (aka Angel Streit) became a wife in Arkansas at age 20. When he was a teenager, Alamo left Joplin for the West Coast. The imprisoned Evangelist preacher Tony Alamo, who sexually abused young girls he considered to be his wives, has died after serving more than seven years of a 175-year prison sentence, authorities said. Church members branched out to begin small businesses within the nearby community of Alma, Arkansas. Tony Alamo, a Jewish kid from Joplin, Missouri, met his perfect match when he first laid eyes on the woman of his dreams in Hollywood. He can be very charming.. Between 1986 and 1990, the preacher remarried twice. The Ravening Wolf. Intelligence Report, Fall 2007. Alamo had the body of Mrs. Alamo removed from the tomb. For every Chris Coie out there, there are hundreds of people who would say just the opposite with regard to her allegations about the church and about Tony, James said. The only thing thats ungodly is if you have a statue of another God., I tried to make the marriage work, Miss Gyllenhammar said. However, one thing is clear, only one of his children (Sion) is born from his legal wife, Sharon. Sadly, there are many more under age children that were forced by Alamo to be another one of his wives. Widely regarded as a cult, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was at the center of a number of lawsuits and government actions, and its leader was jailed on a variety of charges, including income tax evasion, the theft of his late wifes body, and taking underage girls across state lines for sex. "[16] MSC sued and lost in the United States Court of Federal Claims. When Bernie, sometimes called Mark, met Susan in 1965, they were both on their second marriages--at least thats what he told her. He's a convicted tax evader and a flamboyant evangelist who once ran what authorities called a multimillion-dollar, Saugus-based cult. She said she did not plan to leave the country, although Amrhein thinks she and Alamo and the children were about to take a cruise on the Queen Elizabeth II. It was also extremely anti-Catholic, only accepted the King James Version of the Bible, and its members adhered to a moral code which condemned and forbade the use of drugs, homosexuality, adultery, birth control, and abortion. One of the fathers, Robert Miller, had previously overseen the churchs trucking company and alleged that Alamo had embezzled $100,000 from it. They were even told who they were going to marry: the 62-year-old leader of their apocalyptic group. Members usually lived in a commune and worked at an Alamo-owned business, turning over much of their salaries to the church. I still do, said Coie, who last saw her mother in 1971 when she quit the sect against her parents wishes. The states medical examiner will have to verify that the remains are those of Susan Alamo, who died of cancer in 1982, more than a decade after she and Tony founded the fire-and-brimstone Holy Alamo Christian Church in Hollywood. Gyllenhammar, who moved to California from Sweden 15 years ago, talked of a romance that had gone sour. 1986-03-06 Press Argus Courier Alamos second wife says theyre not divorced She later claimed her husband beat and drugged her and demanded she undergo plastic surgery to make her look like Susan. Many witnesses can verify that Amy has been severely beaten by Alamo on many occasions. (Diane Elana Williams Alamo testified against Tony in the IRS trial which could account for the revenge of taking Kenyas wife and his hatred of the child). 1A, 6A. She and her son are mistreated more than the others and are both referred to as "nigger" by Alamo. For additional information: It was her second marriage. She married Solomon Lipowitz, and together, they had a daughter. I have a right to be angry, says Pebbles. The various publications his ministry offered, such as The Vatican Moscow Washington Alliance, detailed his conspiracy theories. The child on the right is Lizzy and Alamos daughter, Antoinette. In the 1980s, Alamo, a self-proclaimed prophet of God, had thousands of devoted followers in the United States, including the parents of Jeanne, Amy, Desiree and Nikki. Major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. But last month Spears concluded after a weeklong trial that Mr. They married each other three times within a few weeks, first in Tijuana, Mexico. I was terrified that if I didnt do what I was supposed to do when he told me to do it no matter what it was Im going to hell, Amy tells PEOPLE, recalling her childhood in the cult. [1][2] In the 1960s, he worked in Hollywood as a pop singer under the names Mark Hoffman and Marcus Abad. They also ran a nationwide network of lucrative, church-owned businesses, authorities said, including a distributor of designer denim and leather jackets, studded with rhinestones, that sold for $1,000 or more. He was walking down the hallway in his black regalia and five-inch elevator shoes, Amrhein recalls. History: In 1989 Alamo married Sharon Kroopf (now Sharon Miriam Hoffman), in her late 30s at the time. They have a son, Tabor, together. Alamo has fathered three children by different women who live in his home as secretaries. In addition to clothing, the church produced music and began distributing Christian music and sermons nationally. I knew how he thinks, and what he might do, she said. It also operated a drug rehabilitation facility, and those who were involved in the church developed several businesses in the Alma area. Her name was Brigitta Gyllenhammer, and she lasted two years before divorcing him. He was working as a music promoter. She may be prosecuted not only for unlawful flight but also for trying to obtain a passport under false pretenses. Rate and review titles you borrow and share your opinions on them. He was heard on over a dozen radio stations in the U.S. and more in Africa, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. Amy was 14. Tony traveled far from his midwestern roots. Alamo is the president of the Alama-based Alamo Christian Foundation. 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He was 82 years old. Tony Alamo kept Mrs. Marston's phone and utilities in her name. [12], The church published religious tracts and distributed tapes of sermons by the Alamos. They had another wedding in Las Vegas, and they moved to his home in Dyer. Amrhein is involved in a custody fight over her two children from a previous marriage but her marriage to the Alama-based minister is being called into question because Alamos second wife, Birgitta Gyllenhammar, 43, says she is still waiting for him to sign the divorce papers. They legally changed their names to Tony and Susan Alamo. In their prime during the 1970s and early 80s, the oddly paired Alamoshe a puffy Elvis look-alike and she a platinum-haired matroncommanded hundreds of followers, many of them living in what the government called a commune in Saugus remote Mint Canyon. The feds had been investigating him since 2005 on charges related to the Mann Act, which was passed to prosecute the sexual exploitation of women and girls. Lydia and Tabor are no longer in associated with the group or Tony Alamo. Coie, a 45-year-old singer, said last week she had not expected a monetary award but sued to preserve some semblance of her mothers dignity. Convicted a year later, he died in federal prison in 2017 at 82. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital Families Torn by Their Loved Ones Faith in Tony Alamo. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,June 11, 2000, pp. Benjamin Risha. Every day is a milestone, Amy says. Alamo died in federal custody in North Carolina on May 2, 2017. The documentary series also features archival footage, including Tony Alamo's videotaped deposition, as well as interviews with former members of the cult and the FBI agent who brought Alamo down.[23][24]. For about a decade, beginning in the mid-1990s, Amy and Pebbles lived as child brides of Alamo and were regularly starved, beaten and raped. They complained of long shifts, and some revealed the organization required absolute loyalty. Alamo, 74, faces up to 175 years in prison, plus fines that could total $2.5 million. Some were forced to become his wives throughout the 1990s. During his outlaw years, hed threatened to kidnap a federal judge, dug up and removed with late wifes body from her heart-shaped mausoleum and made millions of dollars selling high-end painted jeans jackets to celebrities. I wanted to push him to see if he could keep his balance in his elevator shoes. She was born four and a half years before Black Friday, and the Great Depression dealt her already poor family another blow. Below are several (but not all) of Tony Alamos alleged wives. The Alamo Christian Foundation had churches in Chicago, Nashville, Miami Beach and Brooklyn. In October 2007, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center on account of its anti-Catholic rhetoric. As the government painstakingly made its case for tax evasion, Tony was fighting legal battles on multiple fronts. Donations made to the CALS Foundation are tax-deductible for United States federal income tax purposes. Christian communities were good business in Hollywood, and The Alamo Christian foundation grew steadily over the next decade. Probably the strangest incident surrounding Tony Alamo Christian Ministries had to do with the body of Susan Alamo, who died of cancer on April 8, 1982. Original Design by Gurpartap Singh, Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse, Tony Alamos second wife says theyre not divorced, 1986-03-06 Press Argus Courier Alamos second wife says theyre not divorced. They made a record together, and they cant sing. [17][18][19][1][2], In June 2013, the federal government filed forfeiture and collection actions in federal court on 27 properties which were owned by members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, in an attempt to collect $2.5 million in restitution that Alamo was ordered to pay to his victims. The Alamo Christian Foundation was an American cult founded in 1969 by Christian evangelist Tony Alamo and one of his wives, Susan Alamo. After years of legal troubles during which he was accused of engaging in abusive behavior against his followers, Alamo was convicted of ten child rape offenses in 2009. . Click on the link above to open the article, Fashion designer claims he wont sign legal papers even though he married another woman. [1][2] The Alamo Ministries posted a notice of his death on its website's homepage, but it has not posted a notice of succession nor has it stated what its future plans are. Alamos church also lives, if in a far smaller and less organized fashion, said several sources including Alamos own lawyer. Tony and Susan Alamo on one of their album covers. Amy and Pebbles were finally freed from their torture in 2008 when Alamo was arrested and charged with 10 counts of interstate transportation of minors for illicit sexual purposes. [11], In 1976, the church relocated to Dyer, Arkansas, where Susan had grown up. She said Alamo had sent her a telegram saying they were divorced, but she has been unable to get a divorce decree either in Van Buren or Nashville because he will not appear in court. A hearing was held the day after her arrest. Read our Privacy Policy. Lydia was in her early 30s. He professed this great love for my mother. After his wife died of cancer in 1982, Tony Alamo, whose secretive Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation operates another commune in Saugus, predicted that she would be resurrected. Theyre messed up children, Amrhein said. Davis, Andy. He built her a heart-shaped mausoleum, and the church kept her body on display. Lydia and Tabor are no longer in associated with the group or Tony Alamo. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Ill get my children back, said Nick Amrhein of Huntington, West VA. Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. Susan, too, would eventually change her name from the one her parents gave her in Alma, Arkansas. New congregants signed on, then the church transported them to a rural location of Agua Dulce, California, about an hour northeast, for a hot meal and a sermon. In September 1994, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Tennessee sentenced Alamo to six years in federal prison in Texarkana, Texas. But after Susan died in 1982, Alamos behavior turned more deviant as he extolled the righteousness of polygamy and marrying young girls. After years of legal troubles during which he was accused of engaging in abusive behavior against his followers,[3] Alamo was convicted of ten child rape offenses in 2009. That was part of our custody agreement. They named the group the Alamo Christian Foundation before forming the . You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Members could stop by the compound in Dyer, from its perch looking out over the Ozark Mountains, and view the embalmed body of Susan Alamo. Sign up to receive breakingFront Page Detectivesnews and exclusive investigations. Sensing that a panicky Alamo might move the body, Coie had obtained a restraining order, taped to the tomb, that forbade anyone from disturbing it. The Alamo Christian Foundation was an American cult founded in 1969 by Christian evangelist Tony Alamo and one of his wives, Susan Alamo. With the labor of their followers, the Alamos turned their church into a hefty financial empire, even as many members had to scavenge food from supermarket dumpsters and were forbidden from flushing the toilets more than every two or three days. Major support provided through a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. Acting upon reports of child abuse, on March 25, 1988, sheriffs deputies raided the Saugus, California, compound in order to reunite three boys with their natural fathers; the fathers had been members of the Arkansas compound but had been excommunicated. Around the time of his wifes death, Tony changed the name of the church and consolidated its power. U.S. District Judge Morris Arnold, finding that they had indeed been abused, later awarded damages to the boys in question. She later claimed her husband beat and drugged her and demanded she undergo plastic surgery to make her look like Susan. You are here: Home | Preacher Tony Alamo Told to Return Wifes Remains. Pictures are unavailable at this time. Last week the children were taken away from her in New Orleans when authorities suspected she was trying to leave the country. According to the Sept. 14 ruling by Arkansas Chancery Court Judge Jim Spears, Alamo illegally removed his wife Susan Alamos body from its mountaintop mausoleum in Dyer, Ark., four years ago, and will be held in contempt of court until he produces it. At one time she had to go to a Van Buren chiropractor because of the pain she suffered from the beatings. Bowden, Bill. Theyd been tipped off by three former members, all men whose sons had been taken to California after their ex-wives married other Alamo Church members. Susan became ill with breast cancer in the late 1970s, just as shed reached the height of her business success. Preacher Tony Alamo Told to Return Wife's Remains. McNeil, Betsy. Acting didnt pan out, but Susan Lipowitz made a good living as an evangelical preacher, often leaving southern California for long stretches to preach in tents across the country. In the midst of his supposed third marriage, a 1986 Arkansas Gazette report concluded that Gyllenhammar had actually been Alamos sixth wife, as he had apparently been married four times prior to Susan. Mrs. Alamo had temporary custody of the two children. Chancery Judge Bernice Kizer ruled Monday that the foundations local business must pay back sales taxes. 1416, 18. Online at https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/05/13/the-barely-legal-empire-of-tony-alamo/ (accessed February 23, 2023). It would be three more years before Alamo followers would finally deliver Susan Alamos remains to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for proper burial under Coies supervision. Now Tony . The 61-year-old Alamonow serving a six-year sentence in Colorado for failing to file tax returns and submitting a false onemust also arrange for her proper and legal entombment, Spears ruled. In 2019, the American television channel Sundance TV broadcast the four-part miniseries Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo, based on the lives of Tony and Susan Alamo. For instance, as an Amazon Associate, Religion News Blog earns from qualifying purchases. She said, Im a successful designer. According to Alamo, while he was in a meeting at a Beverly Hills investment firm, Jesus came to him and told him to preach the second coming of Christ. Tony Alamo's Wife, Girlfriend His marital status is not known. Alamo kicked Kenya out of the group and took his wife. But the church began to falter in 1985, when the Internal Revenue Service stripped it of its tax-exempt status, charging it was nothing more than a front for Alamo-owned businesses. Sunday October 1, 1995 Alamo Christian Ministries, Tony Alamo. Tony Alamo was a well-known evangelist who, after a radical conversion to Christianity, founded what is now called Tony Alamo Christian Ministries with his wife, Susan, later establishing its headquarters in Dyer (Crawford County). Susan Alamo died in April 1982. They made the trip to Las Vegas in 1966 to tie the knot, each leaving their respective spouses. The court concluded Alamo also owed another $5 million to ex-members for unpaid labor. Nine years his senior, Edith Horn, a two-time divorce who already had a daughter, had moved to Hollywood to become an actress but ended up supporting herself partly by scamming churches into believing her to be a missionary in need of money. He accused me of having an ungodly statue of a man and a woman. Also he owned the Little Mark, Alamo, and Talamo Records record labels. Alys Ondrisek Alys Ondrisek Current wife of Tony Alamo The couple first grew a following in Hollywood, preaching peace and salvation. Kenya was the son of Diana Elena Williams Alamo, a legal ex-wife of Alamos. Ten would be convicted on ten counts, all related to trafficking underage girls across state lines. "Tony was more, I think, the face of that organization, it looks like," Anthony said. Witnesses at his trial described being taken as child brides, with some as young as 9 years old. Lizzy and her parents were threatened with expulsion from the group and eternal damnation if they did not comply with Alamos demand for her virginity. Tony began a concerted effort to avoid reporting his income. There is no doubt in my mind.. This newspaper traced the advertising agency promoting the association to the Alamo of Nashville clothing store. [8] Converting from Judaism to Christianity, she became an itinerant evangelist before she met Hoffman. Her mother Suzanne and step-father, Bob Streit, are still with the Alamo group. By the time the church was at its height in 1980, they had their own television ministry and were bringing in tens of thousands of dollars each week. Dear Abby advises a woman whose boyfriend is using her. He was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman on September 20, 1934, in Joplin, Missouri. Just why Alamo had the corpsewhich he claimed spoke to him from the graveremoved from its tomb was not explained in Spears order. He had his fist clenched and started making noises. Born Bernie Hoffman, the boy from Missouri wasnt an average preacher. She bore a child to Tony, a girl, Antoinette, in June of 2001. Tony was heartbroken. She was arrested as she went to pick up her passport. By now, he was a millionaire with a large staff of workers. Both women still suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, where seemingly normal activities can sometimes trigger panic attacks and feelings of fear and loneliness. Kenny Feldman (no relation) of the Sunlight Mission of Santa Monica. History: In California in February 1993 Tony Alamo took Lydia , an African American, as a second wife. Upon his release, the ex-felon returned home: back to his now humbler Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. Hes a convicted tax evader and a flamboyant evangelist who once ran what authorities called a multimillion-dollar, Saugus-based cult. The following month, Susan Alamo was re-interred in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He lost, and would soon lose his tax-exempt status as the lawsuits piled up and dragged on through the 1980s. But Coie said she believes the dark-haired preacher did it because he knows no bounds of decency, because he could use her [Susan Alamo] two times around like a marionette to control [their followers].. The assistant said there were many Scriptural reasons why they divorced. At its height, the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries had thousands of followers around the country, according to the AP. At the end of a trial that included several women testifying that they had been sexually abused by Alamo, some having been forced to become his wives as young as eight years old, Alamo was found guilty on July 24, 2009, on ten counts of taking underage girls across state lines for sex. The girls grew up in Fouke, Arkansas, where they lived on a compound. Flippo, Chet. Through this church, the Alamos perpetuated some of their many. Communal living was a staple of the Music Square Church. Alamo was convicted in 2009 on 10 counts for taking young girls, including a 9-year-old, across Arkansas state lines to have sex with them, the AP reports. She had just turned 16 years old. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. What my mother did was wrong. Siege of the Alamos. People Weekly, June 13, 1983, pp. Nailing Tony Alamo. This Rock 1 (October 1990). Her estranged daughter, Christhiaon Coie, brought a suit against Tony for stealing the body, and her stepfather obtained a court order requiring the body to be returned.[14]. Alamo Christian Foundation zeroed in on street kids, and there were no shortage in 1960s Hollywood. Some days are easier than others.. In 1966, after serving jail time for a weapons charge, Alamo married Edith Opal Horn from Alma (Crawford County), also of Jewish descent. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. History: In California in February 1993 Tony Alamo took Lydia , an African American, as a second wife. In 1984, Tony Alamo married what was either his fourth or sixth wife, as there have been claims he was married four times before he wed Susan. 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