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Sect Parents Reuniting With Kids in Texas

Meanwhile, church elder forbids all underage unions

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 2, 2008 6:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – As polygamist parents reunited with their kids in Texas today, a sect elder said the church will no longer allow underage marriages. But Willie Jessop called the sect misunderstood and insisted that past unions have all been mutual. Meanwhile, tearful parents held their children outside... Read full story »

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