A controversial American evangelist "married" under age girls as young as eight before forcing them into sex,a court has heard.Tony Alamo,74.who at one time turned his ministry into a multi-million dollar business,has denied taking young girls across state lines for sex at his trial Arkansas. One of his former 'wives' told the court that the preacher had so many partners that he scheduled how often he would have sex each of them.She also told the court that "The Lord told him to do it".Alamo,who was born Bernie Hoffman of Jewish parents,set the Christian Foundation with his late wife in 1969.Alamo claims the current trial is part of a Vatican led conspiracy against him.The trial continues. Source Daily Telegraph July16