http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:39:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26435/appeals-court-upholds-dismissal-of-alamo-ministries-civil-suit http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26435/appeals-court-upholds-dismissal-of-alamo-ministries-civil-suit#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:36:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26435 A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by members of imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo’s Christian Ministries, claiming an Arkansas agency infringed upon their religious rights in seizing children from their compound in 2008.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26435/appeals-court-upholds-dismissal-of-alamo-ministries-civil-suit/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26325/imprisoned-evangelist-tony-alamo-in-poor-health http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26325/imprisoned-evangelist-tony-alamo-in-poor-health#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:18:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26325 The lawyer for an Arkansas evangelist convicted of taking young girls across state lines for sex says his client was hospitalized for about two weeks but has since been released.

Tony Alamo was recently hospitalized with hospitalized with liver problems, heart attack and double pneumonia.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26325/imprisoned-evangelist-tony-alamo-in-poor-health/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26290/judge-denies-tony-alamo-attorney%e2%80%99s-request-to-halt-civil-lawsuit http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26290/judge-denies-tony-alamo-attorney%e2%80%99s-request-to-halt-civil-lawsuit#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:04:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26290 A federal judge has denied defense requests to halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit filed by former wives of Tony Alamo.

The judge ruled that the law does not permit civil defendants to request a halt to proceedings in cases it speculates may be the subject of a criminal investigation.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26290/judge-denies-tony-alamo-attorney%e2%80%99s-request-to-halt-civil-lawsuit/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26229/supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-from-tony-alamo-followers-who-had-children-taken-away http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26229/supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-from-tony-alamo-followers-who-had-children-taken-away#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:15:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26229 The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from followers of evangelist Tony Alamo who had their children taken away when they wouldn’t agree not to expose them to the controversial ministry.

The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that the taking of the children was not a barrier to the parents’ constitutional rights to practice religion.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26229/supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-from-tony-alamo-followers-who-had-children-taken-away/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26160/66m-verdict-in-suit-against-jailed-cult-leader-tony-alamo-upheld http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26160/66m-verdict-in-suit-against-jailed-cult-leader-tony-alamo-upheld#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:36:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26160 A federal magistrate has upheld a $66 million judgment against jailed evangelist Tony Alamo for abuse suffered by two boys when they were being reared in his ministry.

A jury awarded Seth Calagna and Spencer Ondrisek, former members raised in the controversial Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, $3 million apiece in actual damages and $30 million apiece in punitive damages after a trial in June. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26160/66m-verdict-in-suit-against-jailed-cult-leader-tony-alamo-upheld/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26041/ex-followers-pursue-cult-leader-tony-alamos-assets http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26041/ex-followers-pursue-cult-leader-tony-alamos-assets#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:10:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26041 Imprisoned cult leader Tony Alamo owes millions of dollars in court-ordered restitution for abusing some of his former followers, triggering a nationwide hunt for assets still controlled by the Arkansas 'evangelist.'

Former followers have won millions in court judgments, but government and private investigators say Mr. Alamo kept few assets in his name, making it difficult to collect.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26041/ex-followers-pursue-cult-leader-tony-alamos-assets/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26005/2-former-members-of-tony-alamo-cult-awarded-33-million-each-in-civil-suit http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26005/2-former-members-of-tony-alamo-cult-awarded-33-million-each-in-civil-suit#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:51:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26005 Two former members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries have been awarded $33 million each after they sued Alamo for ordering them to be beaten.

The two men testified that evangelist Tony Alamo ordered his enforcer, John Kolbek, to beat them.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26005/2-former-members-of-tony-alamo-cult-awarded-33-million-each-in-civil-suit/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26002/civil-trial-to-begin-for-evangelist-convicted-for-taking-girls-across-state-lines-for-sex http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26002/civil-trial-to-begin-for-evangelist-convicted-for-taking-girls-across-state-lines-for-sex#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 12:41:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26002 Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is serving a 175-year sentence in federal prison for taking young girls across state lines for sex, faces a civil trial starting Tuesday that he ordered the beating of two of his former ministry members.

The alleged enforcer, John Kolbek, died last January while on the run.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26002/civil-trial-to-begin-for-evangelist-convicted-for-taking-girls-across-state-lines-for-sex/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25926/parental-rights-stripped-tony-alamo-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25926/parental-rights-stripped-tony-alamo-cult#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:16:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25926 The Arkansas Supreme Court says a judge was right to terminate the parental rights of seven people who saw their 16 children seized from the compound of evangelist Tony Alamo in 2008.

The judge concluded that, among other things, the children faced danger of beatings and forced fasts ordered by the evangelist who was convicted in 2009 of transporting underage girls across state lines for sex and sentenced to 175 years in prison.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25926/parental-rights-stripped-tony-alamo-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25607/tony-alamo-enforcer-john-kolbeck-found-dead http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25607/tony-alamo-enforcer-john-kolbeck-found-dead#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:02:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25607 reports.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25607/tony-alamo-enforcer-john-kolbeck-found-dead/feed 0