Between 1986 and 1990, the preacher remarried twice. The other children (Tabor and Antoinette) were conceived during Alamo and Kroopfs marriage and the biological mothers (Lydia Willis and Elizabeth Mercado) are in the group and currently living with (or near) Alamo. The Alamo Christian Foundation last year lost its status as a tax-exempt religious organization and is now treated as a for-profit group by the IRS. . 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. His motions allege that Spears cannot objectively judge the case because he was endorsed by local newspaper editor Jack Moseley. Some were forced to become his wives throughout the 1990s. Gordon, Ronald J. Her mother, Debbie Ondrisek, is still in the group and feels privileged that her daughter is married to the World Pastor. The housing complex in Muldrow appears to be vacant. The miniseries describes their founding and running of the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation which the program characterizes as a "cult" through which the Alamos became rich by exploiting their followers who truly believed in them. She believed a miracle would save her. He apparently adopted the name Marcus Abad for some time and achieved some modicum of success as a big band crooner in Los Angeles, California. Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. Nailing Tony Alamo. This Rock 1 (October 1990). I dont get the feeling he is very smart.. U.S. District Judge Morris Arnold, finding that they had indeed been abused, later awarded damages to the boys in question. He's a convicted tax evader and a flamboyant evangelist who once ran what authorities called a multimillion-dollar, Saugus-based cult. Now Tony . But she died a hard death and what she did is between her and God, and what hes done is so apart from anything human, anything decent. Alamo went on to own a health club and work in the music industry. In September 1994, Alamo was sentenced by the Federal District Court for the Western District of Tennessee to six years in the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Tony allegedly threatened to kill Arnold but was never held legally accountable. One of the ex-communicated fathers also claimed Alamo had embezzled up to $100,000 in church funds from their trucking company. Guilty Alamo Hears Bye, Bye outside Court. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,July 25, 2009, pp. For Tony to say he beat out Julio as an entertainer of the year is completely crazy. Gyllenhammar was referring to Alamos claim that the American D.J. Beginning in the 1960s in California, erstwhile music producer Tony Alamo became interested in authoritarian religion and, along with his charismatic wife, Susan, began gathering followers. Online at https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/05/13/the-barely-legal-empire-of-tony-alamo/ (accessed February 23, 2023). Among the businesses which Alamo started was decorating denim jackets and airbrushing them with bright, colorful designs. [4], After divorcing their respective spouses, Horn and Hoffman married in a 1966 Las Vegas ceremony, legally changing their names to Tony Alamo and Susan Alamo. Georgia cop killed on first shift in retaliation for an arrest hour earlier, investigators say, Remains Found And Believed To Be Man Reported Missing In May 2021, Brother Accused Of Murder, Subscribe to Front Page Detectives Newsletter. One of the fathers, Robert Miller, had previously overseen the churchs trucking company and alleged that Alamo had embezzled $100,000 from it. Twice married and with a daughter, she came to Hollywood and attempted to become an actress. Creating an account gives you access to all these features. Tony Alamo quickly predicted that she would be resurrected and kept her embalmed body on display at the Arkansas compound for approximately six months before placing it in a mausoleum. Tony Alamo (19342017) was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman to a Jewish family. The Daughters Tale: Anti-Catholic Cult Leaders Child Recounts Abuse. Intelligence Report, Spring 2008. What my mother did was wrong. Son: Mark Anthony Hoffman (b. Preacher Tony Alamo Told to Return Wife's Remains. My mother learned strong-arm tactics from my father and then finessed it with religion, Coie said. The show was awarded the Fringe's Encore Producer Award. On the cover of his album Bad, Michael Jackson is wearing an Alamo-painted jacket. In this paragraph, we have covered all details of his relationship and wife in this article. Meanwhile, lawsuits filed by former church members accused the couple of controlling their flock with intimidation and beatings. Every day is a milestone, Amy says. 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. Ive been asked to go to France and design clothes there. A hearing was held the day after her arrest. For more on former child brides Amy Eddy and Pebbles Rodriguez, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this weeks issue, on newsstands now. In 1966, Tony was arrested on a gun charge, a felony for which he served jail time. That was part of our custody agreement. About 18 months later, his prophecy unfulfilled, Alamo erected a mausoleum on the property and entombed her there. He kept the presses at his print shop running day and night, churning out literature about Satanic conspiracy theories perpetrated against him and the church. In the reported belief that she would rise from the dead,[4] her embalmed body was kept on display for six months,[8] before it was entombed in a heart-shaped marble mausoleum on church property. The only thing thats ungodly is if you have a statue of another God., I tried to make the marriage work, Miss Gyllenhammar said. The girls grew up in Fouke, Arkansas, where they lived on a compound of the eponymous religious organization created in the late 1960s by Tony Alamo and his wife, Susan. 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. 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. The Alamos promoted UFOs as real and convinced followers to turn over their salaries, work long hours and prepare for the inevitable End Times. In 1966, after serving jail time for a weapons charge, Alamo married Edith Opal Horn from Alma (Crawford County), also of Jewish descent. History: In Arkansas in January 1994, Elizabeth Mercado (aka Lizzy Gutierrez) became Tonys wife. Alamo claimed that he and his followers had no assets and were living hand to mouth; he also apparently issued a death threat against Arnold, though he was later acquitted of that charge. The foundation might have to pay up to $70,000 in back taxes. Amrhein said he suspected his former wife might flee the country to avoid the custody hearing in West Virginia next week. Both women still suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, where seemingly normal activities can sometimes trigger panic attacks and feelings of fear and loneliness. The next raid wouldnt just be the feds and it wouldnt be a pesky tax problem. He preached he was the victim of a government conspiracy. It was her second marriage. This is how he shows his gratitude? [11], In 2016, award-winning playwright Ernest Kearney produced his one-man show My Alamo War for the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles, California. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. Hes not paying his bills at his stores. Tony began a concerted effort to avoid reporting his income. Her. Tony Alamo talks to reporters as he is escorted to a waiting police car outside the federal courthouse in Texarkana, Ark. After both he and Susan converted to Christianity, they established the Music Square Church and began a Hollywood street ministry, passing out religious tracts and preaching especially to drug addicts, alcoholics, and prostitutes. Dear Abby. They have a son, Tabor, together. Rate and review titles you borrow and share your opinions on them. The saga began in 1982 when, instead of burying his 59-year-old wife, Alamo brought her embalmed body back to his compound near tiny Dyer, Ark. He is a beautiful person. For instance, as an Amazon Associate, Religion News Blog earns from qualifying purchases. Lets make the most of it.. Williams, John. She was born four and a half years before Black Friday, and the Great Depression dealt her already poor family another blow. 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. Executive summary: Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. Tony also faced charges relating to his late wifes body. Alamo, who was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman, died Tuesday at the age of 82 while in custody at a federal prison hospital in Butner, N.C., the Bureau of Prisons said, according to the Associated Press. 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. When Bernie LaZar Hoffman was born on Sept. 30, 1934, in Joplin, Missouri, he wasn't born into a particularly religious household. I took care of his business. 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. Tony Alamo (born Bernie Lazar Hoffman; September 20, 1934) is an American religious leader and convicted child sex offender.He and his late wife Susan are best known as the founders of an organization currently known as Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.The organization is based in and around Fouke and Alma, Arkansas, United States, and has been referred to as a cult. In the official record, Tony Alamo is listed as a pastor. Lydia Unofficial wife of Tony Alamo. Lydia was in her early 30's. They have a son, Tabor, together. I doubled the business at the Alamo of Nashville store. They named the group the Alamo Christian Foundation before forming the . When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. In 1976, the U.S. Department of Labor brought charges against Alamo for violations of the Fair Labor Standard Act. 1986-03-06 Press Argus Courier Alamos second wife says theyre not divorced In the midst of his supposed third marriage, a 1986 Arkansas Gazette report concluded that Gyllenhammar had actually been Alamo's sixth wife, as he had apparently been married four times prior to Susan. She later claimed her husband beat and drugged her and demanded she undergo plastic surgery to make her look like Susan. Troubles continue to mount for Tony Alamo Christian Foundation. He built her a heart-shaped mausoleum, and the church kept her body on display. She had just turned 16 years old. When he was a teenager, Alamo left Joplin for the West Coast. Alamo had the body of Mrs. Alamo removed from the tomb. The U.S. Attorney's Office argued that the owners were "owners in name only" because the properties were still under Alamo's control. Alamos attorneys kept the issue before the courts from 1985 to 1992, arguing that church-owned enterprises were exempt from federal income taxes because they were churches in disguise. The program also charges Tony Alamo with being a child abuser, polygamist and pedophile. By now, he was a millionaire with a large staff of workers. I knew how he thinks, and what he might do, she said. There are still many, many people nationally and internationally who have great admiration for him., But Spears also ordered Alamo to pay Coie $100,000, finding that he had committed a so-called tort of outrage against her by withholding her mothers bodyoutrageous conduct that any person knows would cause much grief and anguish to a child.. on July 23, 2009. While Alamo was tied up in the courts on federal tax evasion charges, other allegations were levied against him from various quarters. Alamo formed the cult way back in 1969 with his wife Susan when he was a flamboyant preacher on the streets of Hollywood. Nickys birthday is on January 4, and he was staying with me for a few days before then. Tony renamed the business and ran the organization as a benevolent and energetic father figure. Alamo followers still pepper the IRS with legal challenges, help with his defense, and make their presence known through their trademark brochures. A custody hearing will be held Monday in Huntington. Tony Alamo kept Mrs. Marston's phone and utilities in her name. Her mother Suzanne and step-father, Bob Streit, are still with the Alamo group. He was 82 years old. 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. Alamo was living at the time in Tampa, Fla., a fugitive from charges that he had ordered the beating of an 11-year-old church member at the Saugus commune. 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. Schriver, Debby. They were even told who they were going to marry: the 62-year-old leader of their apocalyptic group. He was walking down the hallway in his black regalia and five-inch elevator shoes, Amrhein recalls. They made the trip to Las Vegas in 1966 to tie the knot, each leaving their respective spouses. Both Tony and Susan were impressive on the stage: he with eye-catching outfits and musical ability, she with fiery sermons and deep faith. 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. In February 1991, Alamo ordered his followers to vacate the Arkansas compound prior to a federal raid and to bring along the body of Susan Alamo. Ill get my children back, said Nick Amrhein of Huntington, West VA. He served slightly less than four years, was transferred to a Texarkana halfway house, and by Christmas 1998, he was a free man again. Major support provided through a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. A judge granted Alamo the maximum sentence for his crimes,175 years in prison. In the early 1940s, Susan moved west to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. Preacher Tony Alamo's mugshot was released with new allegations that he had multiple wives, including a nine-year-old girl. 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. 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. Alys Ondrisek Alys Ondrisek Current wife of Tony Alamo [20], Alamo died on May 2, 2017, while he was in custody at the Federal Medical Center, Butner in Butner, North Carolina. History: In California in February 1993 Tony Alamo took Lydia , an African American, as a second wife. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. 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. They also had a knack for finding young people who needed help. He was heard on over a dozen radio stations in the U.S. and more in Africa, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. As the government painstakingly made its case for tax evasion, Tony was fighting legal battles on multiple fronts. Enriquez, Sam. Much of the information on Alamos early, pre-conversion life is spurious at best, on account of Alamos constant exaggerations of his importance and/or sinfulness. I still do, said Coie, who last saw her mother in 1971 when she quit the sect against her parents wishes. Speaking of which: One way in which you can support us at no additional cost to you is by shopping at Amazon.com. Upon his release, the ex-felon returned home: back to his now humbler Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. People Magazine Investigates: Cults premieres Monday (9 p.m. 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. Her brother, Erik, who is out of the group, called Ark Child Protection in 2000, but no action was taken. But after his wife died in 1982, Alamo's behavior grew deviant and he began preaching the purported righteousness of polygamy and underage brides.In the mid-1990s, Alamo, then 62 years old . Angela Marie Morales Unofficial wife of Tony Alamo Larowe, Lynn. The CALS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. His age is 88Years. Tucker, Maria Luisa. (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). Years after his wife's death, Tony began taking child brides, as young as 8 years old, and in 2009, he was sentenced to 175 years in prison for transporting young girls across state lines for sex. Asked about his wealth, Gyllenhammar said she is not entitled to any of his property because all of it belongs to the foundation. Chancery Judge Bernice Kizer ruled Monday that the foundations local business must pay back sales taxes. Also he owned the Little Mark, Alamo, and Talamo Records record labels. Married in Las Vegas, the Alamos soon established their church, also known as the Susan and Tony Alamo Foundation. This newspaper traced the advertising agency promoting the association to the Alamo of Nashville clothing store. Alamo was charged was violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, went to court, then countersued all the way to the Supreme Court. Shown here with their son, Sion. Now Tony Alamo is also a grave robber-at least in the eyes of an Arkansas judge, who has . He eventually moved his headquarters to Arkansas with his wife, Susan, where he held secret ceremonies at his compound to authorize his marriage to girls as young as 15-years-old. I didnt respect anything she ever did in her life but shes still my mother and I loved her completely. 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. The case of the boys went before U.S. District Judge Morris Arnold, who ruled that child abuse had taken place and awarded damages to the plaintiffs. Gyllenhammar said Alamo is attracted to blond women. But no. Staff of the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas. 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. Were free! 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. Then the couple flew to Vegas, where they went through two more marriage ceremonies. She is seeking a sizeable monthly alimony so she can take care of the bills she claims he hasnt paid. Sunday October 1, 1995 Alamo Christian Ministries, Tony Alamo. He sent their record to all my friends in Los Angeles to make me mad. At the time, Susan was married to Coies late father, Solomon Samuel Lipowitz, whom she described as a good man and a prizefighter who was also a mobster. Flippo, Chet. Alamo to Return Body of Wife after 7 Years. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,July 24, 1998, pp. Davis, Andy. 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. On November 13, he was sentenced to 175 years in prison and also was fined $250,000. Spears also rejected Alamos $3.5-million counterclaim that Coie had slandered and defamed him. They married each other three times within a few weeks, first in Tijuana, Mexico. Alamo kicked Kenya out of the group and took his wife. Over the years, Alamo has alternately admitted and denied that he knew of the corpses whereaboutsmost recently maintaining he had no control over the theft or return. Tony and Sharon had a son, Sion, together in the summer of 1991, while Tony was in jail awaiting trial for threatening Federal Judge Morris Arnold. Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-LGBT hate groups, "Tony Alamo, Apocalyptic Ministry Leader Convicted of Sex Abuse, Dies at 82", "Christian Cult Leader and Child Sex Abuser Tony Alamo Dies in Federal Custody". But he wanted to spend his birthday with me so we got permission for him to stay two days longer. [1][2] He was 82 years old. [22] Tony Alamos second wife says they have never divorced and insists that his third marriage to Elizabeth Amrhein is invalid. They made a record together, and they cant sing. The Alamo Christian Foundation was an American cult founded in 1969 by Christian evangelist Tony Alamo and one of his wives, Susan Alamo. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Again, followers worked in these businesses for practically nothing. The Only Limits Are the Ones You Place on Yourself. Meet the First U.S. Amputee to Scale Mount Everest, The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election. He accused me of having an ungodly statue of a man and a woman. Many Hollywood celebrities were seen wearing them, including Michael Jackson, who wore a modified leather Alamo jacket on the cover of his album Bad. 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 Alamo's second wife, Birgitta Gyllenhammar, 43, says she is still waiting for him to sign the divorce papers. In 1976, a few unhappy followers reported him to the U.S. Department of Labor, who investigated. 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. It would be three more years before Alamo followers would finally deliver Susan Alamos remains to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for proper burial under Coies supervision. They say they were planning a honeymoon cruise for later, Amrhein said. 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. The jackets sold profitably and began making real money for the church members and the church itself when celebrities began purchasing them for several thousand dollars each. 32, testified that she was taken as Alamo's wife at age 17 and that Alamo had five other wives at the time. Its no wonder you get rich when you dont pay your bills. He took all my jewelry and gave it to Elizabeth. Kenya was the son of Diana Elena Williams Alamo, a legal ex-wife of Alamos. The IRS Commissioner found that "MSC was so closely operated and controlled by and for the benefit of Tony Alamo that it enjoyed no substantive independent existence; that MSC was formed and operated by Tony Alamo for the principal purpose of willfully attempting to defeat or evade federal income tax; and that MSC was inseparable from Tony Alamo, and failed to operate for exclusively charitable purposes. Jeanne, Amy, Desiree and Nikki were all born into the Tony Alamo Christian Ministry, which, some say, is a cult. $50,000 reward offered in two-year-old Delaware cold case murder can you help catch a killer? That is one reason why we can provide this research service free of charge. Additional support provided by the Arkansas Community Foundation. Church members branched out to begin small businesses within the nearby community of Alma, Arkansas. They charged him with several counts related to his tax issues. Alamo has fathered three children by different women who live in his home as secretaries. Susan focused on recruiting and preaching. Families Torn by Their Loved Ones Faith in Tony Alamo. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,June 11, 2000, pp. Years earlier, sheriffs deputies showed up at Alamos Saugus, California compound. Pebbles agrees: I dont think it will ever be easy. Welsh, Adam. John Wesley Hall, a lawyer who represented Alamo, told the AP that several former members of his evangelist community expressed relief upon learning news of his passing was true. In 1982, the same year that Susan Alamo died,[15] the foundation was discontinued and replaced by the newly incorporated Music Square Church (MSC). He remained in prison until his death in May 2017. [11] MSC was granted 501c tax-exempt status in 1981,[16] but this was retroactively revoked by the IRS on April 5, 1996. 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. Witnesses at his trial described being taken as child brides, with some as young as 9 years old. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1960s, claiming he was a music promoter with clients including the Beatles. Shown here pregnant with Alamos son, Tabor. 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. But Ill get the kids, and theyll be all right. The Arkansas compound had much in common with Jonestown, the South American outpost run by Jim Jones that resulted in 909 deaths by cyanide poisoning on Nov. 18, 1978. The feds had narrowed in Tony fought Coie for custody of Susans remains. Just why Alamo had the corpsewhich he claimed spoke to him from the graveremoved from its tomb was not explained in Spears order. By the 1970s, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries had established particularly strong footholds in Arkansas, as well as maintaining outposts in California. [11], In 1976, the church relocated to Dyer, Arkansas, where Susan had grown up. Religion News Blog posted this on Sunday October 1, 1995.Last updated if a date shows here: Saturday, December 23, 2006. On September 20, 2008, state and federal officials raided Alamos Fouke (Miller County)compound as part of a two-year investigation into allegations of child abuse and child pornography. Her name was Susan (born Edith Opal Horn) Lipowitz, nine years his senior. The civil contempt differs from his criminal incarceration in that Mr. Alamo holds the key to the jailhouse in his possession, Spears wrote. Pebbles was 12. What were they doing in New Orleans?. Mrs. Alamo had temporary custody of the two children. http://www.alamoministries.com/ (accessed February 23, 2023). Gyllenhammar is seeking a five-figure monthly alimony as part of her settlement. The main campus continued to grow, adding gas stations, a restaurant and a hog farm, according to The New York Times. But last month Spears concluded after a weeklong trial that Mr. Alamos Fort Smith attorneys say they do not know if Alamo divorced Gyllenhammar and if he properly married Amrhein. Alamo is the president of the Alama-based Alamo Christian Foundation. "Tony was more, I think, the face of that organization, it looks like," Anthony said. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. This is so perverse.. 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