Unlike previous custody hearings concerning the children of followers of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, there were no protesters or throngs of church members on Wednesday gathered outside the Miller County Juvenile Court Center.

But like hearings conducted last month, Circuit Judge Joe Griffin of the 8th Judicial District South declined to answer reporters’ questions about the review hearings for six families.

Review hearings allow a judge to determine how parents with kids in foster care are progressing with plans developed by the Arkansas Department of Human Service...

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