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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: FLDS

FLDS stories: 23 news summaries

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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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Texas • Arizona • religion • polygamy • Utah • Warren Jeffs • FLDS • compound • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Top 10 Crazy Cults 

Polygamists, UFOs, and apocalyptic prophesies abound

Apr 12, 08 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Experts are debating whether the polygamist sect raided in Texas last week is a cult. Meanwhile, LiveScience has cooked up a list of bona fide cults—the top 10 craziest of them all:
  1. Raëlians: Followers believe that UFOs spawned most religions and cloning can lead to reincarnation.
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religion • list • polygamy • Jim Jones • Jonestown massacre • cult • Charles Manson • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 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

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