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"Consent is puberty"
The AP interviews evangelist Tony Alamo, whose Arkansas church was raided this weekend by officers looking for evidence of child abuse and kiddie porn. In an interview Monday, Alamo spoke of the allegations with a mix of denial and defiance,...

Feds arrest Tony Alamo
This is the gentleman whose property was raided over the weekend in Foulk, Ark., during a search for child porn and evidence of child abuse. The feds accuse him of taking minors across state lines for sexual purposes.

Feds Raid Arkansas Church Headquarters In Child Pornography Investigation
In southwest Arkansas yesterday, federal authorities raided the 15-acre compound housing the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. The Associated Press reports that the raid was part of a child pornography investigation...

After Arkansas Raid, 6 Children In State Custody, Sect Leader Arrested
As previously reported, last week federal authorities, as part of a child pornography investigation, raided the southwest Arkansas compound of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. Since then there have been two developments...

Tony Alamo Arrested on Mann Act Violations
Police found minister Tony Alamo holed up in the Little America Hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona when they finally arrested the Arkansas preacher for transporting minors across state lines for sexual purposes...

Police raid compound looking for sexual abuse of children www.privateofficer.com
Police raid compound looking for sexual abuse of children www.privateofficer.com FOUKE, Ark. Sept 22 2008 Kyle T. Greene Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers http://www.privateofficer.com/ ? State and federal authorities are investigating the possible sexual abuse of minors at a 15-acre evangelical compound run by a convicted tax evader whom critics describe as a cult leader...

Child Support Survival Guide
The Child Support Enforcement System

Child Support Overview
Federal requires states to set guidelines for support.

Child Support Orders
How to modify terms

Child Support
Disputing Paternity

Missing Children
Databases and organizations

Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Antigonish faces class action over abuse by a priest

The Bay Presbyterian Church
$700,000 settlement reached in church split case.

Foster Sisters
Department of Children and Family Services and Penny Lane Centers pay $420,000 child abuse settlement.

Child Abuse Settlement
The mother of 6-year-old Brandon Ford has accepted a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the boy was severely brain damaged while in foster care...

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

Financial Elder Abuse - Financial Exploitation, Elder Abuse Lawyers
Financial Elder Abuse alleging seniors are taken advantage of for their finances.