Tony Alamo (born Bernie LaZar Hoffman on September 20, 1934) is an American preacher, singer, entrepreneur, and religious evangelist and a convicted child sex offender. He and his late wife Susan are best known as the founders of a fundamentalist Christian organization currently known as Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. The organization is based in and around Fouke and Alma, Arkansas, United States. It has been referred to as a cult. On July 24, 2009 Alamo was convicted in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, sitting in Texarkana, Arkansas, on 10 counts of Interstate Transportation of Minors for Illegal Sexual Purposes, Rape, Sexual Assault and Contributing to the Delinquency of Minors.. He now faces a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison when sentenced later this year. (via Wikipedia)