Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex with minor girls

TEXARKANA, AR — Evangelist Bernie Hoffman, aka Tony Alamo, founder and leader of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, 75, was sentenced to 175 years in jail for having sex with minor girls.

 U.S. District Court Judge Harry F. Barnes in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas imposed the sentence on Friday following his conviction earlier this summer.

He was charged with transporting minor girls across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity. 

On July 24,  after six days of testimony, a jury found Alamo guilty on all 10 counts of the federal indictment. 

During the trial, the women testified Alamo had sexual relations with them while they were underage and that they traveled across state lines with Alamo, or at his request, for the purpose of his having sexual relations with them.

The sentence included a fine in the amount of $250,000, and special assessments in the amount of $850.00. The sentence represents the maximum sentence on each of the 10 counts which will be served consecutively.

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