It is ever so tempting to believe we have heard the last of Tony Alamo—or nearly the last.

We have not, and I’m not referring to the sentencing the evangelist will face in a few weeks. It will be a media event.

Alamo may be taken off to a federal lockup, but he won’t be off the radar. Not for a long time.

In this sense, he has made just the kind of impact a cult leader fancies. He will be burned into the public consciousness for quite a long time.

Among things left unresolved with Alamo’s conviction Friday on 10 counts of violating the Mann Act—w...

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