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10 of Sect's 'Child Brides' Are Adults

But state may return to ranch to look for more children

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2008 3:00 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Texas authorities have admitted that 10 of the "children" taken into custody from the Eldorado polygamist sect are actually adults—including one who is 27—and more could be reclassified this week, reports the Houston Chronicle. This development could weaken the Child Protective Services' case that the sect was forcing underage girls into marriage and sex. 

A CPS spokesman denies that the new admission could weaken the agency's case. "The numbers aren't important to us," he said. "CPS did not classify women as minors so that criminal investigators could interview them." Meanwhile, a sect spokesman said CPS has indicated that it may be returning to the ranch to look for more children. "These people never give up," he added.

A member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints walks by a law enforcement official as she departs the Tom Green County Courthouse.
A member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints walks by a law enforcement official as she departs the Tom Green County Courthouse.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Lydia Johnson, a mother of six children in state custody departs from the Tom Green County courthouse, Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
Lydia Johnson, a mother of six children in state custody departs from the Tom Green County courthouse, Tuesday, May 20, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, left, follow a group of attorneys into the Tom Green County Courthouse, Monday, May 19, 2008, in San Angelo, Texas.
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, left, follow a group of attorneys into the Tom Green County Courthouse, Monday, May 19, 2008, in San Angelo, Texas.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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No, says CPS, kids can't have pics of Warren Jeffs
Dallas Morning News

This is all costing a lot, btw
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