The State of Arkansas will maintain custody of at least two of the six girls removed from the Tony Alamo Ministries compound one week ago, Circuit Judge Jim Hudson decided Friday.

An adjudication hearing to address the girls’ permanent custody is scheduled for Oct. 20.

“There was testimony of abuse and neglect and there was testimony of denial,” Husdon said Friday evening from the first floor of the Miller County courthouse in Texarkana, Ark. Hudson serves both Miller and Lafayette counties.

“It was the duty of the court to determine the credibility of the w...

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