Brother Tony's Boys: The Largest Case of Child Prostitution in U.S. History: The True Story

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Summary: This book is a major expose about child sexual predators.
Review: As a former social worker with over a decade working with sexually abused children, I turned to investigative journalism and have now authored two major books about major cases wherein young boys were sexually exploited and repeatedly raped by pedophiles and pederasts.

My first book was the bestseller I KNOW MY FIRST NAME IS STEVEN which was the basis for the NBC-TV miniseries (now in reruns on Lifetime Cable TV Network). My latest book is BROTHER TONY'S BOYS: The Largest Case of Child Prostitution in U.S. History: The True Story. It is told from my perspective of having extensively researched child sexual assault cases involving boys, child sex predators attracted to boys, and my infiltrations of the pedophile/pederast organization NAMBLA (the North American Man/Boy Love Association).

BROTHER TONY'S BOYS is a very harsh yet very accurate telling of how nearly 1,000 boys as young as ten came to be seduced and sexually assaulted by Pentecostal televangelist Tony Leyva. I tell it through my exclusive, extensive interviews with dozens of the young victims who were witnesses in Virginia State and Federal Court cases against Leyva and his cohorts, fellow Pentecostal evangelists and child molesters as well, Edward Rias Morris and Freddie M. Herring. My telling of these victims' stories is woven together with similar interviews I conducted with many of the victims' parents; Roanoke (VA) Deputy Sheriff L. Garrick Hudson (the outstanding investigator who broke the case); Brother Tony's first wife and mother of his two children; plus many, many others.

Of special interest to parents and all those who wish to protect children, BROTHER TONY'S BOYS concludes with an all-important 52-page Author's Epiloge detailing the massive dangers sexual predators pose to children and especially boys today; my legendary efforts to expose NAMBLA and its members; and how to effectively protect children from sexual predators in this day and age.

For more information, visit my Web site: http://www.shadow-net.com/brothertony

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Summary: Senate members and Congress men(members of Nambla)
Review: Good book I guess but you can not truelly investigate Namblaa until you have made a list of alll government members all the way up to the whitehouse who are actual members of nambla until you expose them you will never be able to truelly battle Nambla

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Summary: Parents should know how pedophiles get their children
Review: I am a police detective who investigatis child abuse. I tell parents all the time how pedophiles get their children to do things of a sexual nature. One of the biggest obsticles we frequently face is getting people to believe someone who is respected in the community would do what the child is accusing him of. This book details how they gain the trust of the parent (s) first and then go for the child. Trust is the primary weapon used by the pedo. Another frequent problem we have is getting people to understand why child victims don't tell when something happens. Mr. Echols did a good job in helping the reader understand that for various reasons children don't always tell right away. Brother Tony's Boys is a must read before you let your children go with a "trusted friend"

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Summary: Victim of Leyva's reviews Echols' book.
Review: I am a survivor of Tony Leyva's crimes and was not mentioned in the book. My experience with him was in the early 70's. I have first hand knowledge of how he operated and can truly say Mr. Echols' report on Leyva is completely thorough and accurate. Relatively few people will work to expose this type of behavior. Echols is to be congratulated. A must-read for parents.

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Summary: ANOTHER TRAGIC STORY OF TRUST BETRAYED!
Review: Mike Echols does an outstanding job of chronicling the history of abuse "Brother" Tony, an evangelical itinerant preacher, inflicts upon the children of families who came to look up to him and trust him with their sons. Brother Tony is clearly a psychopathic predator who took advantage of hundreds and hundreds of boys during his roving ministry. Echols well illustrates that pederasty has not just been a problem in the Catholic Clery but in the fabric of many who betrayed the sacredness of the trust that was bestowed upon them in a number of arenas. While Brother Tony eventually gets jailed, it's fairly clear that it's far too little, too late. Brother Tony will be back in action within the next few years and parents need to look out for their kids.

Brother Tony's Boys illustrates again the importance of parents talking forthrightly to their children about potential predators who might be as close as relatives or as trusted as men of God. A sad story which chronicles a tremendous betrayal and the damage that these young people will need to come to grips with as their lives progress. An excellent edition to books dealing with similar issues in differing settings: "Scouts Honor" chronicling the sad story of abuse in the boy scouts, Jason Berry's outstanding book on Catholic Clergy, "Lead Us Not Into Temptation" Parents might read these along with some of the books on averting and treating some of these issues, i.e., author Mic Hunter is among the treatment pioneers in this field and his books are available on Amazon.com. A frightening subject -- yet not one to simply be ignored. Parents and educators need to be proactive about these kinds of predators! Highly Recommended! Daniel J. Maloney

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Summary: ANOTHER TRAGIC STORY OF TRUST BETRAYED!
Review: Mike Echols does an outstanding job of chronicling the history of abuse "Brother" Tony, an evangelical itinerant preacher, inflicts upon the children of families who came to look up to him and trust him with their sons. Brother Tony is clearly a psychopathic predator who took advantage of hundreds and hundreds of boys during his roving ministry. Echols well illustrates that pederasty has not just been a problem in the Catholic Clery but in the fabric of many who betrayed the sacredness of the trust that was bestowed upon them in a number of arenas. While Brother Tony eventually gets jailed, it's fairly clear that it's far too little, too late. Brother Tony will be back in action within the next few years and parents need to look out for their kids.

Brother Tony's Boys illustrates again the importance of parents talking forthrightly to their children about potential predators who might be as close as relatives or as trusted as men of God. A sad story which chronicles a tremendous betrayal and the damage that these young people will need to come to grips with as their lives progress. An excellent edition to books dealing with similar issues in differing settings: "Scouts Honor" chronicling the sad story of abuse in the boy scouts, Jason Berry's outstanding book on Catholic Clergy, "Lead Us Not Into Temptation" Parents might read these along with some of the books on averting and treating some of these issues, i.e., author Mic Hunter is among the treatment pioneers in this field and his books are available on Amazon.com. A frightening subject -- yet not one to simply be ignored. Parents and educators need to be proactive about these kinds of predators! Highly Recommended! Daniel J. Maloney

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Summary: Brother Tony to get out of prison soon
Review: The subject of Mike Echols' book, Pentecostal evangelist Brother Tony Leyva, is to get out of prison this fall unless the U.S. Parole Commission decides to keep him in prison to serve his full prison term (he has now served 10 years out of the 20 years to which he was sentenced).

Mike Echols is trying to get people to write letters to stop Tony Leyva's parole.