Parents hope to keep newest addition

Couple’s other 4 children among 20 taken from Alamo SUVs

By: Lynn LaRowe - Texarkana Gazette

Sophie Parrish of Fouke, Ark., holds her newborn son, Gian Carlos Parrish, Thursday during an interview at the Gazette. Gian Carlos is the first baby to be born to a Tony Alamo Christian Ministries member since the Arkansas Department of Human Service started removing church members’ children in Sep...

Carlos and Sophie Parrish’s joy at the birth of their fifth child is clouded by fears an Arkansas state agency will take their baby because they are Tony Alamo Christian Ministries members.

The couple’s four other children, a 7-year-old boy and three girls ages 5, 3 and 1, were taken by A...

Published: 06/20/2009