Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is the founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, was sentenced to 175 years in prison on ten counts of taking minors across state lines to sexually abuse them on Friday (November 13).

“Given the number of victims and the difficult type of testimony they had to provide in order to get to trial, it’s gratifying for them to see him get this sentence,” Christopher Plumlee, assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, said. “Not only did they entrust their lives to him, he did it in the name of God. And he betrayed their trust.”

The 75 year-old, whose real name is Bernie Hoffman, denies all claims, saying this is some a major conspiracy against his church: “They’re just trying to make our church look evil … by saying I’m a pornographer. Saying that I rape little children. … I love children. I don’t abuse them. Never have. Never will.”

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