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NEWS ABOUT: Warren Jeffs

Warren Jeffs stories: 26 news summaries

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Jail Force-Feeds Ailing Sect Leader Jeffs

'Death could be imminent' without medical intervention

Aug 4, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Warren Jeffs began eating of his own accord again today, after being force-fed all weekend by medical staff at the Arizona jail where the polygamist leader is being held, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports. A series of self-imposed fasts have left Jeffs, 53, in such poor health that “... More »

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OPINION

 2009's Least Sexy Men 


Mar 26, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Phoenix rolls out its 100 unsexiest men list, taking into account both looks and karma. Here’s a taste:
  • Rush Limbaugh: “America’s ugliest moment of 2009? Rush Limbaugh, his man-boobs a-jiggle, bouncing at the CPAC podium.”
  • Alex Rodriguez: “Could
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Dick Cheney • Robert Mugabe • Rush Limbaugh • Alex Rodriguez • Warren Jeffs • Joaquin Phoenix • Toby Young • Lil Wayne • Jimmy Fallon • unsexy • Howard Stern Grid

 Polygamists 
 Push to 
 Legalize 
 Marriages 

Some 40,000 live in polygamous families in Utah

Mar 23, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - As many as 40,000 people live in polygamous families in Utah and parents are stepping up efforts to make plural marriages legal, reports the BBC. The lobbying organization Principle Voices is pressing for state law changes. Authorities rarely crack down on polygamous families unless they're linked to child brides... More »

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marriage • religion • polygamy • Utah • Mormon • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • forced marriage

Polygamy Boss Charged With New Sex Rap

Jeffs charged with felony assault
at Texas ranch

Nov 13, 08 4:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Polygamy sect leader Warren Jeffs and three other members of his group have been indicted on fresh felony charges, the Houston Chronicle reports. Jeffs is accused of aggravated sexual assault linked to actions at the Yearning for Zion Texas compound where authorities rounded up hundreds of children earlier this year.... More »

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Jeffs' Bride, 14, Ordered Into Foster Care

Parents let daughter marry sect leader at 12, authorities charge

Aug 20, 08 5:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas judge has ordered a 14-year-old girl allegedly married to polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs at age 12 back into state custody, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The judge said the parents of the girl, who was first taken into custody when the sect's compound was raided in April,... More »

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5 More Jailed in Sect Child Abuse

FLDS members charged with sexual assualt, bigamy, concealing child abuse

Jul 29, 08 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five members of a Texas polygamous sect charged in a child abuse investigation are in custody after surrendering to authorities, the Dallas Morning News reports. Four of the men are charged with sexually abusing girls under the age of 17. The fifth, said to be the physician at the sect's... More »

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Jeffs, Sect Members Face Sex Charges

Polygamist leader,
4 others accused of assaulting young girls

Jul 22, 08 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four members of the Texas ranch raided by authorities in April now face charges of sexually abusing girls under the age of 17, the Houston Chronicle reports. One of those indicted also is charged with bigamy, and a sixth person is accused of failure... More »

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Sect Leader's Daughter Still in State Custody

As other kids return home, 16-year-old remains in foster care

Jun 3, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hundreds of kids returned to their FLDS-member parents over the past 2 days did not include one high-profile child: the 16-year-old daughter of sect leader Warren Jeffs. The girl's lawyer pushed to keep her in state custody because she has been sexually abused by an adult sect member—not... More »

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update

 Sect Kids Aren't Going Home 

Lawyer objects at last minute to release of 460+ children

May 30, 08 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The parents of children taken from a polygamist ranch in Texas will not see their kids on Monday after all. At the last minute, a lawyer objected to the state's deal with the sect and stopped the judge from ordering the children's release. Now the judge plans to get them... More »

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Commentary

Jeffs Photos Used to Bolster Custody Case

Cheap publicity stunt, maybe, but parents of newborn took the bait

May 29, 08 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was an obvious stunt by Texas child services: entering photos of Warren Jeffs kissing two "child brides" in a custody hearing for a newborn. Reeling from an appeals court ruling that they failed to show that 450 children were at risk, officials wanted to hype the "pervasive"... More »

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 Polygamy Hubby Tallies 21 Wives

And 36 children

May 6, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A husband in the Texas polygamist ranch where children were seized to protect them from suspected child abuse has 36 kids and 21 wives—with the youngest 43 years his junior, reports CNN. The information on the 67-year-old member—whose youngest child is 6 months old—is included on a... More »

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 Texas Keeps Sect
 Kids for DNA Testing 

Polygamous ranch forced children to obey, psychiatrist testifies

Apr 18, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge ruled today that 416 kids seized at a polygamous ranch in Texas will be held for genetic testing, the San Angelo Standard-Times reports. At the end of a 2-day custody hearing, Judge Barbara Walther said the tests were needed to sort out relationships between the sect's parents and... More »

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Outside Sect, Life is Tough

Free from polygamous compounds, escaped women often turn to drugs and alcohol

Apr 17, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even for those women who escape the forced marriages and controlling patriarchy of polygamous sects like the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, life isn’t easy. Many turn to drugs and alcohol to escape the mental burden, CNN reports. And some never leave because they’re programmed to think... More »

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Police Fear Stonewall by Polygamist Settlers

Faithful see government as 'devil'

Apr 13, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Warren Jeffs' hand-picked, devoted settlers may refuse to testify against his polygamist compound in Texas, officials fear—making it tough to win cases of suspected child abuse. "All these girls are taught from the cradle not to trust anybody from the outside—especially the government," Utah's attorney general... More »

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 Rangers Talk
 to Polygamist
 Rape Suspect 

But Barlow walks, claiming case of mistaken identity

Apr 12, 08 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas Rangers today questioned a man suspected of raping a girl at an Eldorado polygamist ranch, but let him go, CNN reports. Dale Barlow, 50, voluntarily met the Rangers in Utah, saying he is innocent of the charge that sparked a raid at the compound last week. "The Texas... More »

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Police Defend Inaction at Polygamist Ranch

Bare dramatic details of raid

Apr 11, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Law enforcement authorities yesterday released dramatic details of the police raid that rescued children suspected of abuse at a polygamist ranch—and countered complaints that the action was too late. Some 60 men surrounded the ranch temple, weeping and praying, in the last day of the operation that seized 416... More »

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 'Sex Bed' for Girls
 Found in
 Polygamist Temple 

Temple used for sex with underage brides, tipster tells cops

Apr 10, 08 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of a polygamous cult had sex with underage girls inside the group's temple immediately after "spiritual weddings," according to court documents. Investigators found the bed, described by a tipster, in the temple of the Texas ranch. Men had sex with "brides" as young as 13, reports... More »

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 Sex Abuse
 'Rampant' at
 Polygamist
 Ranch 

Pubescent girls forced to 'marry' older men,  say investigators

Apr 9, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young girls at a polygamous compound were readied for "spiritual marriages" to much older men as soon as they hit puberty, the AP reports. Papers submitted to a Texas court detail a "pattern of abuse" at the ranch, where young boys were forced to marry underage girls and... More »

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Texas • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • teen pregnancy • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Control, Isolation Kept Polygamist Wives Silent

Women in Texas compound have a fierce loyalty to leader Warren Jeffs

Apr 8, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - They can't cut their hair, wear red, watch TV, look at the Internet, or even laugh. They must be utterly subservient to their husbands. So why did the women now emerging reluctantly from a polygamous compound in Texas stay? They are under the almost godlike sway of jailed leader Warren... More »

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 Standoff Ends at 
 Polygamist Compound 

Police still searching for girl linked to abuse claim

Apr 6, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though "preparing for the worst," a SWAT team peacefully entered a polygamous sect's Texas compound after a tense standoff, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. They met limited resistance from members of the Mormon fundamentalist sect, and were continuing to search this morning for a 16-year-old girl believed to... More »

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