6 minors in state care after raid
From Times Wire Reports
Six minors have been placed in temporary state custody as part of a two-year child abuse and pornography investigation after a raid on a ministry run by a man who says “consent is puberty” when it comes to sex.
The youths will be interviewed while in the custody of the state Department of Human Services, authorities said.
Federal and state authorities Saturday raided Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in rural Fouke, which is run by convicted tax evader Tony Alamo.
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